tristo

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus,[1] from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Doublet of triste. Compare Sardinian tristu, Romanian trist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.sto/
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Hyphenation: trì‧sto

Adjective

tristo (feminine trista, masculine plural tristi, feminine plural triste)

  1. (obsolete) grieving
    Synonym: addolorato
  2. (obsolete) expressing grief: griefful
  3. (obsolete) grevious, griefsome
  4. wretched
    Synonyms: disgraziato, sciagurato
  5. wicked, evil
    Synonyms: cattivo, empio, malvagio
  6. (obsolete) poor
    Synonym: povero
  7. (obsolete) growing or having grown with difficulty
    Synonym: stentato
  8. (obsolete) unpleasant, noxious
    Synonyms: nocivo, sgradevole

Derived terms

References

  1. tristo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Further reading

  • tristo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From trȋ (three) + stȏ (hundred).

Numeral

trȉsto (Cyrillic spelling три̏сто)

  1. three hundred

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo.

Adjective

tristo (feminine singular trista, masculine plural tristi, feminine plural triste)

  1. pale, faint
  2. sickly
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