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See also: třišť

English

Pronunciation

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

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.
  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 3

Adjective

trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

  1. Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”).

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

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

Adjective

trist

  1. sad

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sad, unhappy
    Antonyms: feliç, alegre

Derived terms

References

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /triːst/

Adjective

trist

  1. sad, mournful

References

  • in Gerlyver Kernewek
  • Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

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

  1. sad
  2. (of a situation) sad

Inflection

Inflection of trist
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular trist tristere tristest2
Indefinite neuter singular trist tristere tristest2
Plural triste tristere tristest2
Definite attributive1 triste tristere tristeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Adjective

trist

  1. bad, wicked, evil, malevolent

Synonyms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. dull
  2. miserable
  3. sad

Declension

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

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

trist

  1. Alternative form of trest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

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 terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

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

References

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sad

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 320.
  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 998.

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist

  1. sad

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sad
    Antonyms: fericit, bucuros, vesel

Declension

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 tristilor

Related terms

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Adjective

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

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) sad

Antonyms

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

Serbo-Croatian

Numeral

trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)

  1. (colloquial) thirty
    Synonym: (Standard) trideset

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Declension

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

References

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sad

Mutation

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 reading

  • 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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