"trist" meaning in English

See trist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɹɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more trist [comparative], most trist [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪst Head templates: {{en-adj}} trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)
  1. Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: triste (extra: sad; sorrowful; gloomy) Derived forms: tristful
    Sense id: en-trist-en-adj-EzXyF88v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /tɹɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trists [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: Apparently related to trust. Head templates: {{en-noun}} trist (plural trists)
  1. (obsolete) Trust, faith. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-trist-en-noun-CHDSYnuN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɹɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trists [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: From Old French triste. Compare tryst. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|triste}} Old French triste Head templates: {{en-noun}} trist (plural trists)
  1. (obsolete) A set station in hunting. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-trist-en-noun-KCip-5XK
  2. Obsolete form of tryst (“secret meeting”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: tryst (extra: secret meeting)
    Sense id: en-trist-en-noun-xQjjn5vu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɹɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trists [present, singular, third-person], tristing [participle, present], tristed [participle, past], tristed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: Apparently related to trust. Head templates: {{en-verb}} trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
  1. (obsolete) To trust, have faith in. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: atrist
    Sense id: en-trist-en-verb-IEdO0CtL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 15 3 16 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 4 10 4 5 0 10 42 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 7 3 4 0 7 57 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.