"sadness" in seven languages
Meaningsadness
Spanish
tristeza
/tɾisˈteθa/
fem.inherited
French
tristesse
/tʁistɛs/
fem.inherited
Italian
tristezza
/trisˈtettsa/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
tristeza
/tɾisˈtezɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
tristețe
/trisˈtetse/
fem.inherited
The suffix -ețe is Latin -ITIA, as in -eza, -esse, -ezza.
Catalan
tristesa
/trisˈtɛzə/
fem.inherited
English
sadness
/ˈsædnəs/
native English · Old English sæd + -ness
English → ItaliansadnesstristezzaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRĪSTITIAM‘sadness’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The Latin suffix -ITIA became -eza, -esse and -ezza — a pattern you can reuse: riqueza, richesse, ricchezza (wealth).
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In a sentence
- esSu voz estaba llena de tristeza.
- frSa voix était pleine de tristesse.
- itLa sua voce era piena di tristezza.
- ptA voz dela estava cheia de tristeza.
- roVocea ei era plină de tristețe.
- caLa seva veu era plena de tristesa.
- enHer voice was full of sadness.
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