Feminine

tristesse

Concepts

sadness
sorrow
grief
gloom
melancholy
pain
unhappiness
despondency
misery
sorrowfulness
gloominess
dejection
downheartedness
glumness
lamentation
lugubriousness
mourning
problem
regret
sore
suffering
tristesse
woe

deep sadness

depression
accident
wofare
ache
affliction
anguish
despondence
disappointment
disconsolation
discouragement
disgrace
disheartenment
distress
dolefulness
Synonyms

chagrin
B2
affliction
34k
peine
A1
mélancolie
21k
accablement
abattement
malheur
B2
deuil
B2
cafard
C1
contrariété
45k
dépression
C1
douleur
B1
désolation
28k
déception
C1
dommage
A2
soucis
B1
anxiété
C2
angoisse
C1
misère
C1
morosité
nuit
A1
🌃
amertume
C2
souci
B1
spleen
découragement
pour toujours
déprimé
C1
Translations

tristeza
tristezza
Traurigkeit
tristeza
Leid

λύπη

Kummer
Trauer
tristesa
Betrübnis

θλίψη

pena
infelicità
pesar
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁis.tɛs/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
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In summary

First attested in Old French as tristesce, tristece. From triste + -esse, modeled after Latin trīstitia.

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