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English
Etymology
From Middle English trestesse, tristes, tristesce, tristesse, tristice, from Middle French tristesse.
Pronunciation
Noun
tristesse (uncountable)
- (literary) sadness
2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, quoting Martin Amis, “Siberian Fields”, in New York Times:“The peculiar resonance of his postcoital tristesse, for example.”
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Dutch
Etymology
From French tristesse.
Noun
tristesse f (plural tristesses, diminutive tristessetje n)
- tristesse
French
Etymology
First attested in Old French as tristesce, tristece. From triste + -esse, modeled after Latin trīstitia.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tristesse f (plural tristesses)
- sadness
- la tristesse durera ― the sadness will last
1932, Paul Éluard, “À Peine Défigurée”, in La Vie immédiate, Paris: Gallimard:Adieu tristesse / Bonjour tristesse / Tu es inscrite dans les lignes du plafond / Tu es inscrite dans les yeux que j’aime / Tu n’es pas tout à fait la misère / Car les lèvres les plus pauvres te dénoncent / Par un sourire- Farewell sadness / Hello sadness / You are inscribed in the lines on the ceiling / You are inscribed in the eyes of those I love / You are not quite the same as misery / Because the weakest lips can denounce you / With a smile
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