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sadness

English

Etymology

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sædn?s/

Noun

sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
    Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    Synonyms: misfortune, woe

Translations

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tristesse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tristesse.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?s

Noun

tristesse (uncountable)

  1. (literary) sadness

Anagrams

  • resistest

Dutch

Etymology

From French tristesse.

Noun

tristesse f (plural tristesses, diminutive tristessetje n)

  1. tristesse

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?is.t?s/
  • Rhymes: -?s

Noun

tristesse f (plural tristesses)

  1. sadness

Related terms

  • triste

Further reading

  • “tristesse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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