English

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.
   • 1903, A. W. Pollard (ed.), Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) , volume II, Bk. XVIII, chapter XXI:

     So at that time there was a lady dwelt in that forest, and she was a great huntress, and daily she used to hunt, and ever she bare her bow with her; and no men went never with her, but always women, and they were shooters, and could well kill a deer, both at the stalk and at the trest; […].

     • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:

     So at that tyme there was a lady dwellid in that forest / and she was a grete huntresse / & dayly she vsed to hunte / and euer she bare her bowe with her / and no men wente neuer with her / but alwayes wymmen / and they were shoters / and coude wel kylle a dere bothe at the stalke & at the trest

2. (obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
   • 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

French triste ‎(“sad”).

Adjective

trist ‎(comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

1. (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; gloomy

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Anagrams

• trits

Breton

Adjective

trist

1. sad

Derived terms

• tristidigezh

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Adjective

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

1. sad, unhappy

Antonyms

• feliç, alegre

Derived terms

• tristesa
• tristament
• entristir

Danish

Adjective

trist ‎(neuter trist, e-form triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)

1. sad
2. (of a situation) sad

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Adjective

trist

1. bad, wicked, evil, malevolent

Synonyms

• cjâtif
• malcreât
• necuitôs

German

Etymology

From French triste

Adjective

trist ‎(comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)

1. dull
2. miserable
3. sad

Synonyms

• trostlos, öde

Declension

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

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)

1. sad
2. depressing
3. (as an adverb) sadly

References

• “trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin trīstis, possibly through a popular variant *tristus. Compare Italian tristo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trist]

Adjective

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

1. sad

Declension

Antonyms

• fericit, bucuros, vesel

Related terms

• tristețe

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) trest

Etymology

From Latin tristis.

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

1. (colloquial) thirty

Synonyms

• trideset (Standard)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

trist

1. boring
2. not funny, bad, a pity,...

   Det var trist att höra att din kanin dött

   I’m sorry to hear that your bunny died

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɪst/

Adjective

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

1. sad

Mutation