Definition of the French term tristesse in music:
- sadness
French musical terms related to tristesse:
- angoisse – anguish, distress, anxiety
- dolent – mournful, plaintive
- douloureux – painful
- mélancolie – melancholy
- mélancolique – melancholic, sad
- non plaintif – not plaintive, not mournful
- peine – pain, sadness, sorrow...
- plainte – complaint...
- plaintif – plaintive, mournful
- plaintivement – plaintively, mournfully
- pleurant – crying, weeping, mourning
- souffrance – suffering, pain
- triste – sad, sorrowful, mournful
- tristement – sadly
