trisaïeul, n.m., great-great-grandfather.
trisaïeule, n.f., great-great-grandmother.
trisection, n.f., trisection.
trismégiste, n.m., (print.) two-line pica, double pica.
trismus, n.m., (med.) trismus, lock-jaw.
trissement (tris-mān), n.m., cry (of swallows).
trissyllabe, n.m. and adj., trisyllable; trisyllabic.
triste, adj., sorrowful, mournful, sad; melancholy; dull; dark, gloomy, dreary, dismal; (pers.) poor, sorry; mean, wretched, paltry. Une — nouvelle; a sad piece of news. Un — spectacle; a sad, or sorry, spectacle. Faire un — repas; to make a sorry meal. Le temps est —; the weather is dull. — comme un bonnet de nuit or comme un enterrement; (pers.) as dull as ditch-water.
tristement, adv., in a melancholy manner, sadly, sorrowfully, mournfully, drearily, dismally; sorrily, poorly; dully.
Les tristes, n.m.pl., Ovid’s Tristia.