trist

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Apparently related to trust.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) Trust, faith.

Verb

trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)

  1. (obsolete) To trust, have faith in.

Etymology 2

From Old French triste. Compare tryst.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) A set station in hunting.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
      they were all shooters and cowde well kylle a dere at the stalke and at the treste.

Etymology 3

French triste (sad).

Adjective

trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

  1. (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; gloomy
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Breton

Adjective

trist

  1. sad

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Adjective

trist m (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)

  1. sad, unhappy

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German

Etymology

From French triste

Adjective

trist (comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)

  1. dull
  2. miserable
  3. sad

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Norwegian

Adjective

trist

  1. sad
  2. sadly
  3. depressing

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin trīstis, possibly through a popular variant *tristus. Compare Italian tristo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist 4 nom/acc forms

  1. sad

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Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) trest

Etymology

From Latin tristis.

Adjective

trist m f trista, m plural trists, f plural tristas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) sad

Antonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
  • (Puter, Vallader) alleger

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist

  1. boring
  2. not funny, bad, a pity,...
    Det var trist att höra att din kanin dött
    I’m sorry to hear that your bunny died

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Welsh

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist

  1. sad
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