triste
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Etymology edit
From Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste,[1] from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.[2]
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Adjective edit
triste (comparative more triste, superlative most triste)
- (rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
- 1877, R. Elton Smilie, chapter XXIX, in The Manatitlans; or A Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derécho, Imprenta De Razon, pages 399–400:
- He said, he wanted them to take us to Heraclea that we might be educated so that we would be always good, and could be present with him and mamma although absent in body, which would keep them from feeling sad and lonely. But we could see that mamma and he were very, very triste. This made us sorry. So he talked to us of all you had written of the happiness of the people here, because they were truly good and pure in their love toward each other, without selfish concealments; then we were glad and wanted to be with you.
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References edit
- ^ “trist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “OF trist & triste.”
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “trist”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- “triste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “triste”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “triste”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Danish edit
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triste
- plural and definite singular attributive of trist
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French triste, borrowed from Latin trīstis. Old French originally had trist, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, a variant of the same word.
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Adjective edit
triste (plural tristes)
- sad
- Synonyms: chagriné, déçu, désappointé, désenchanté, malheureux
- Antonyms: béat, bienheureux, comblé, content, enchanté, épanoui, gai, heureux, joyeux, ravi, réjoui, satisfait
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- Louisiana Creole: tris
- → Danish: trist
- → Dutch: triest
- → English: triste
- → Norwegian Bokmål: trist
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: trist
- → Swedish: trist
- → German: trist
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Further reading edit
- “triste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese triste, presumably a borrowing from Latin trīstis.
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triste m or f (plural tristes)
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Further reading edit
- “triste” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
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Audio (file)
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triste
- inflection of trist:
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
triste (comparative plus triste, superlative le plus triste)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin trīstis. Compare tristo, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from the same source.
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triste (plural tristi, superlative tristissimo)
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- triste in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
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trīste (not comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
trīste
References edit
- “triste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
- (ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French triste, borrowed from Latin trīstis.
Adjective edit
triste m or f
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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triste
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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triste
Old French edit
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triste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triste)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese triste, presumably a borrowing from Latin trīstis.
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Adjective edit
triste m or f (plural tristes, comparable, comparative mais triste, superlative o mais triste or tristíssimo, diminutive tristinho, augmentative tristão)
- (of a person) sad; unhappy; down
- Synonym: infeliz
- Eles estavam tristes porque o inverno começou. ― They were sad because winter had begun.
- (of something) sad (causing sadness)
- Era um filme bastante triste. ― It was quite a sad film.
- (of a person) disappointed
- Synonyms: decepcionado, desapontado
- Estou muito triste com você. ― I’m really disappointed with you.
- (of a situation) lamentable; pitiful
- Synonyms: vergonhoso, lamentável
- A situação das escolas é triste. ― The situation of the schools is lamentable.
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triste f pl or n pl
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin trīstis. Compare the Old Spanish tristo, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus.[1]
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Adjective edit
triste m or f (masculine and feminine plural tristes, superlative tristísimo)
- sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste
- dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy
- sorrowful, mournful
- forlorn
- upsetting, saddening
- dull
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References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “triste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
triste