noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/tɹɪst/
/tɹaɪst/
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rhymes with -ɪst
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CMU ARPABET:T R IH1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T R AY1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A mutual agreement, a covenant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assignation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rendezvous
8
noun
Meaning 8
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rendezvous
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: date, appointment, engagement
History
Etymology
From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). Doublet of trust, see there for more.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَوْعِد
(mawʕid)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Arabic:
لِقَاء اَلْحُبّ
(liqāʔ al-ḥubb)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Bulgarian:
среща
(srešta)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Catalan:
cita
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Chinese Mandarin:
幽會 /幽会
(yōuhuì)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Czech:
dostaveníčko
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Czech:
rande
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Dutch:
rendez-vous
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Dutch:
afspraak
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Dutch:
afspraakje
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Finnish:
treffit
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Finnish:
tärskyt
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
French:
rendez-vous
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
French:
rendez-vous d'amour
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
French:
rendez-vous galant
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Galician:
cita
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Galician:
encontro
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
German:
Stelldichein
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
German:
Verabredung
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
German:
Rendezvous
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
German:
Schäferstündchen
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Greek:
συνάντηση
(synántisi)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Greek:
ραντεβού
(rantevoú)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Hungarian:
találka
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Hungarian:
légyott
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Hungarian:
randevú
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Indonesian:
ketemuan
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Indonesian:
sir-siran
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Italian:
trésca
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Italian:
appuntamento
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Italian:
incontro
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Japanese:
逢い引き
(aibiki)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Japanese:
デート
(dēto)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Korean:
밀회
(milhoe)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Central Kurdish:
ژوان
(jwan)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Latin:
diēs
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Old Norse:
þing
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Polish:
schadzka
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Polish:
randka
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Portuguese:
encontro
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Romanian:
întâlnire
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Romanian:
rendez-vous
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Russian:
свида́ние
(svidánije)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Russian:
встре́ча
(vstréča)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Russian:
любо́вное свида́ние
(ljubóvnoje svidánije)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Sinhalese:
හමුවීම
(hamuwīma)
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Slovak:
rande
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Slovak:
schôdzka
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Spanish:
cita
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Spanish:
encuentro amoroso
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Spanish:
cita amorosa
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Turkish:
buluşma
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Turkish:
randevu
— prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
Finnish:
välipuhe
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
German:
Vereinbarung
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Greek:
συμφωνία
(symfonía)
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Indonesian:
perjanjian
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Japanese:
約束
(yakusoku)
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Russian:
соглаше́ние
(soglašénije)
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Spanish:
convenio
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Turkish:
anlaşma
— (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
Bulgarian:
уговарям си среща
(ugovarjam si srešta)
— to agree to meet at a place
Finnish:
tehdä tärskyt
— to agree to meet at a place
Finnish:
tehdä treffit
— to agree to meet at a place
Italian:
trovarsi
— to agree to meet at a place
Italian:
incontrarsi
— to agree to meet at a place
Japanese:
合う約束をする
(au yakusoku wo suru)
— to agree to meet at a place
Russian:
назначить встречу
— to agree to meet at a place
Finnish:
sopia
— to arrange or appoint
Japanese:
合う約束をする
(au yakusoku wo suru)
— to arrange or appoint
Finnish:
tavata
— to meet at an agreed place and time
Finnish:
treffata
— to meet at an agreed place and time
Japanese:
逢い引きする
(aibiki suru)
— to meet at an agreed place and time
Russian:
прийти на встречу
— to meet at an agreed place and time