attrister
French, verb/a.tʁis.te/
attrister is spelled A-T-T-R-I-S-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attrister is a French verb meaning “to sadden, to make sad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre triste”.
What does attrister mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sadden, to make sad
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre triste. 2. Donner une allure triste, un air de tristesse. 3. Devenir triste.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of attrister
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- attristant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- attristé participle past
- attriste first-person indicative present
- attristes indicative present second-person
- attristons first-person indicative plural
- attristez indicative plural present
- attristent indicative plural present
- attristais first-person imperfect indicative
- attristait imperfect indicative singular
- attristions first-person imperfect indicative
- attristiez imperfect indicative plural
- attristaient imperfect indicative plural
- attristai first-person historic indicative
- attristas historic indicative past
- attrista historic indicative past
- attristâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attrister?
- /a.tʁis.te/
- \a.tʁis.te\
- [at.ʁis.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to attrister
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attrister in French?
attrister appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).