"triste" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɹɪst/ Audio: En-us-triste.ogg [US] Forms: more triste [comparative], most triste [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trist}} Middle English trist, {{m|enm|triste}} triste, {{der|en|fro|trist}} Old French trist, {{m|fro|triste}} triste, {{der|en|la|trīstis|t=sad, sorrowful}} Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} triste (comparative more triste, superlative most triste)
  1. (rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: trist Derived forms: tristeness, tristness, tristeful, tristful

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