noun, feminine/tʁis.tɛs/plural: tristesses
sadness
“la tristesse durera” — the sadness will last
First attested in Old French as tristesce, tristece. From triste + -esse, modeled after Latin trīstitia.
/tʁis.tɛs/
sadness
“la tristesse durera” — the sadness will last
First attested in Old French as tristesce, tristece. From triste + -esse, modeled after Latin trīstitia.