triste

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tɹɪst/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.

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