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triste

American  
[treest] / trist /

adjective

French.
  1. sad; sorrowful; melancholy.


triste British  
/ ˈtrɪstfʊl, triːst /

adjective

  1. archaic words for sad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of triste

from French

Example Sentences

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“Que triste que no se vacunan,” my dad said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2021

My dog may not speak Italian, but she totally knows I’m feeling triste.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2020

For Georges, vin du pays had become vin triste.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 brought forth A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody; 1924 saw both the tenderly brooding What'll I Do? and the valse triste All Alone.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the meantime, the house is triste, and Monsieur must overlook much, if he stays.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

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