triste
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English triste, borrowed from Old French triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”).
Noun
triste (plural tristes)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for triste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Further reading
- triste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- triste in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- triste at OneLook Dictionary Search
Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁist/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: tristes
- Hyphenation: triste
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “triste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Antonyms
- (sad, unhappy): alegre
German
Italian
Etymology
From Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtris.te/, [ˈt̪r̺is̪t̪e]
- Stress: trìste
- Hyphenation: tri‧ste
Derived terms
Latin
Adjective
trīste
References
- 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, 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
Etymology
From Old French triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Old French
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɾiʃ.tɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾis.tʃi/
- (Carioca) IPA(key): /ˈtɾiʃ.tʃi/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾiʃ.ti/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾis.te/
- Hyphenation: tris‧te
Adjective
triste m or f (plural tristes, comparable)
- (of a person) sad; unhappy; down
- Eles estavam tristes porque o inverno começou.
- They were sad because winter had begun.
- Synonym: infeliz
- (of something) sad (causing sadness)
- Era um filme bastante triste.
- It was quite a sad film.
- (of a person) disappointed
- Estou muito triste com você.
- I’m really disappointed with you.
- Synonyms: decepcionado, desapontado
- (of a situation) lamentable; pitiful
- A situação das escolas é triste.
- The situation of the schools is lamentable.
- Synonyms: vergonhoso, lamentável
Inflection
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | triste | triste | tristes | tristes |
comparative | mais triste | mais triste | mais tristes | mais tristes |
superlative | o mais triste tristíssimo |
a mais triste tristíssima |
os mais tristes tristíssimos |
as mais tristes tristíssimas |
augmentative | tristão | tristona | tristões | tristonas |
diminutive | tristinho | tristinha | tristinhos | tristinhas |
Derived terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtris.te]
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare also the Old Spanish form tristo, from a variant Vulgar Latin root.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾiste/, [ˈt̪ɾist̪e]