tristesse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trestesse, tristes, tristesce, tristesse, tristice, from Middle French tristesse. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === tristesse (uncountable) (literary) sadness === Anagrams === resistest == Danish == === Etymology === From French tristesse. === Noun === tristesse c (singular definite tristessen, not used in plural form) tristesse Synonym: nedtrykthed ==== Declension ==== === References === “tristesse” in Den Danske Ordbog == 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁis.tɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === tristesse f (plural tristesses) sadness la tristesse durera ― the sadness will last ==== Descendants ==== → English: tristesse === References === === Further reading === “tristesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012