Wiktionary

trist

See also: třišť

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tɹɪst/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1Edit

Apparently related to trust.

NounEdit

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) Trust, faith.

VerbEdit

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

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

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French triste. Compare tryst.

NounEdit

trist (plural trists)

  1. (obsolete) A set station in hunting.
  2. (obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
    • 1543, anonymous, Howard Papers, letter dated September 1543
      George Douglas […] caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally.

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English trist, from Middle French trist (“sad”).

Alternative formsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

  1. (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; gloomy

AnagramsEdit

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.

AdjectiveEdit

trist

  1. sad

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Occitan triste, Old Spanish tristo.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. sad, unhappy

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trīstis.

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /triːst/

AdjectiveEdit

trist

  1. sad, mournful

ReferencesEdit

  • [1] in Gerlyver Kernewek
  • Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

AdjectiveEdit

trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)

  1. sad
  2. (of a situation) sad

ReferencesEdit

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo.

AdjectiveEdit

trist

  1. bad, wicked, evil, malevolent

SynonymsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)

  1. dull
  2. miserable
  3. sad

DeclensionEdit

Positive forms of trist
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist trist sie ist trist es ist trist sie sind trist
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative trister triste tristes triste
genitive tristen trister tristen trister
dative tristem trister tristem tristen
accusative tristen triste tristes triste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der triste die triste das triste die tristen
genitive des tristen der tristen des tristen der tristen
dative dem tristen der tristen dem tristen den tristen
accusative den tristen die triste das triste die tristen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein trister eine triste ein tristes (keine) tristen
genitive eines tristen einer tristen eines tristen (keiner) tristen
dative einem tristen einer tristen einem tristen (keinen) tristen
accusative einen tristen eine triste ein tristes (keine) tristen
Comparative forms of trist
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist trister sie ist trister es ist trister sie sind trister
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tristerer tristere tristeres tristere
genitive tristeren tristerer tristeren tristerer
dative tristerem tristerer tristerem tristeren
accusative tristeren tristere tristeres tristere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tristere die tristere das tristere die tristeren
genitive des tristeren der tristeren des tristeren der tristeren
dative dem tristeren der tristeren dem tristeren den tristeren
accusative den tristeren die tristere das tristere die tristeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tristerer eine tristere ein tristeres (keine) tristeren
genitive eines tristeren einer tristeren eines tristeren (keiner) tristeren
dative einem tristeren einer tristeren einem tristeren (keinen) tristeren
accusative einen tristeren eine tristere ein tristeres (keine) tristeren
Superlative forms of trist
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am tristesten sie ist am tristesten es ist am tristesten sie sind am tristesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tristester tristeste tristestes tristeste
genitive tristesten tristester tristesten tristester
dative tristestem tristester tristestem tristesten
accusative tristesten tristeste tristestes tristeste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tristeste die tristeste das tristeste die tristesten
genitive des tristesten der tristesten des tristesten der tristesten
dative dem tristesten der tristesten dem tristesten den tristesten
accusative den tristesten die tristeste das tristeste die tristesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tristester eine tristeste ein tristestes (keine) tristesten
genitive eines tristesten einer tristesten eines tristesten (keiner) tristesten
dative einem tristesten einer tristesten einem tristesten (keinen) tristesten
accusative einen tristesten eine tristeste ein tristestes (keine) tristesten

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “trist” in Duden online
  • “trist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

trist

  1. Alternative form of trest

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

AdjectiveEdit

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristere, indefinite superlative tristest, definite superlative tristeste)

  1. sad
  2. depressing
  3. (as an adverb) sadly

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

AdjectiveEdit

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristare, indefinite superlative tristast, definite superlative tristaste)

  1. sad
  2. depressing
  3. (as an adverb) sadly

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

  1. sad

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

PiedmonteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist

  1. sad

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo and French triste.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine and neuter plural triste)

  1. sad

DeclensionEdit

Declension of trist
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite trist tristă triști triste
definite tristul trista triștii tristele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite trist triste triști triste
definite tristului tristei triștilor tristelor

AntonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • trest (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trīstis.

AdjectiveEdit

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) sad

AntonymsEdit

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

NumeralEdit

trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)

  1. (colloquial) thirty

SynonymsEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)

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

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of trist
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular trist tristare tristast
Neuter singular trist tristare tristast
Plural trista tristare tristast
Masculine plural3 triste tristare tristast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 triste tristare tristaste
All trista tristare tristaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)

  1. sad

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trist drist nhrist thrist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trist”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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