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1 triste
triste [tʀist]adjective• d'un air/d'une voix triste sadly• être triste à l'idée or à la pensée de partir to be sad at the idea of leaving• triste à mourir [personne, ambiance, musique] utterly depressing• avoir or faire triste mine or figure to cut a sorry figure• depuis son accident, il est dans un triste état since his accident he has been in a sad state• c'est pas triste ! (inf) ( = c'est amusant) it's a laugh a minute! (inf) ; ( = c'est difficile) it's no joke! (inf) ; ( = c'est la pagaille) it's a real mess!* * *tʀist1) ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence] drearyavoir triste mine or figure — [personne] to look pitiful
2) ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorryc'est la triste vérité — unfortunately, that's the truth of the matter
détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme — to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement
3) ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavoury [BrE], disreputable; [réputation] dreadful••triste comme la pluie or à mourir — desperately sad
c'était pas triste — (colloq) it was quite something
* * *tʀist adj1) (= malheureux) sadc'est pas triste! * — it's something else!, *
2) (= sinistre)* * *triste adj1 ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence, enfance] dreary; être/se sentir triste to be/to feel sad; avoir l'air tout triste to look really sad; c'est une enfant triste she's a sad child; être triste de faire to be sad to do; j'étais triste de le voir partir I was sad to see him go; être triste à l'idée or la pensée de qch/de faire to be sad at the idea ou thought of sth/of doing; elle est triste que je m'en aille she's sad that I'm leaving; il est or c'est triste de faire it is sad to do; il est or c'est triste que it is sad that; avoir triste mine or figure [personne] to look pitiful; mon gâteau a bien triste mine my cake is a sorry sight; ⇒ bonnet;2 ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorry; c'est la triste vérité it's the sad truth; on l'a retrouvé dans un triste état he was found in a sorry state; détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement; faire la triste expérience de qch to have learned about sth to one's sorrow; se lamenter sur son triste sort to lament one's fate;3 ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavouryGB, disreputable; [réputation] dreadful; un triste imbécile a despicable character; un triste sire a disreputable character.triste comme la pluie or à mourir desperately sad; c'était pas triste○ it was quite something.[trist] adjectiffaire triste figure ou mine à quelqu'un to give somebody a cold receptionson triste sort his sad ou unhappy fate3. [attristant] sadil est pas triste, avec sa chemise à fleurs he's a scream in his flowery shirtils font voter les réformes sans avoir le financement, ça va pas être triste! they're pushing the reforms through without funds, what a farce![morne - rue, saison] bleak[méprisable]
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