trist
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɹɪst/
Rhymes: -ɪst
=== Etymology 1 ===
Apparently related to trust.
==== Noun ====
trist (plural trists)
(obsolete) Trust, faith.
==== Verb ====
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
(obsolete) To trust, have faith in.
==== Derived terms ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Old French triste. Compare tryst.
==== Noun ====
trist (plural trists)
(obsolete) A set station in hunting.
(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)
Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”).
===== Derived terms =====
=== Anagrams ===
ritts, trits
== Breton ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.
=== Adjective ===
trist
sad
==== Derived terms ====
tristidigezh
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾist]
=== Adjective ===
trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)
sad, unhappy
Antonyms: feliç, alegre
==== Derived terms ====
tristesa
tristament
entristir
=== References ===
“trist”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“trist”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“trist” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “trist”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Cornish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin trīstis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /triːst/
=== Adjective ===
trist
sad, mournful
=== References ===
[1] in Gerlyver Kernewek
Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020
== Dalmatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
=== Adjective ===
trist
sad
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
=== Adjective ===
trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste)
sad
Synonyms: nedtrykt, bedrøvet
Antonym: glad
(of a situation) sad
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
“trist” in Den Danske Ordbog
== Friulian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
=== Adjective ===
trist
bad, wicked, evil, malevolent
==== Synonyms ====
cjâtif
malcreât
necuitôs
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tʁɪst/
=== Adjective ===
trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)
dull
miserable
sad
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
trostlos, öde
=== Further reading ===
“trist” in Duden online
“trist”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
trist
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)
sad
depressing
(as an adverb) sadly
==== Derived terms ====
tristhet
=== References ===
“trist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== 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)
sad
depressing
(as an adverb) sadly
=== References ===
“trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Occitan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
sad
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 320
Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[4], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 998
== Piedmontese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtrist/
=== Adjective ===
trist
sad
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /trist/
=== Adjective ===
trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine/neuter plural triste)
sad
Antonyms: fericit, bucuros, vesel
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
tristețe
== Romansh ==
=== Alternative forms ===
trest (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
=== Adjective ===
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
(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)
(colloquial) thirty
Synonym: (Standard) trideset
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)
boring
not fun, bad, a pity
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“trist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“trist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“trist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
== Welsh ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.
=== Pronunciation ===
(North Wales) IPA(key): /triːsd/, [triːst]
(South Wales) IPA(key): /trɪsd/, [trɪst]
Rhymes: -iːsd, -ɪsd
=== Adjective ===
trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)
sad
Synonyms: anhapus, prudd, galarus
==== Derived terms ====
tristwch (“sadness”)
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “trist”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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