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tryst
- /tɹɪst/
- /tɹaɪst/
Rhymes with -ɪst, -aɪst
Where it comes from
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.
noun trysts
- A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time. And Vivien, like the tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile, / Made answer, either eyelid wet with tears: […]
- A mutual agreement, a covenant.
- A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
verb trysts · trysting · trysted
- To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
- To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
- To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time. He said he was jealous, and craved something to ease his care. 'It's but a small thing I ask,' says he, 'but it will make me a happy man, and nothing ever shall come atween us. Tryst wi' me for Beltane's E'en on the Sker sands, at the green link o' the burn where the sands begin, on the ebb o' the t
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noun prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers
| Español | cita, encuentro amoroso, cita amorosa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 밀회 milhoe |
| 日本語 | 逢い引き aibiki, デート dēto |
| 中文 | 幽會 /幽会 yōuhuì |
| Português | encontro |
| Français | rendez-vous, rendez-vous d'amour, rendez-vous galant |
| Deutsch | Stelldichein, Verabredung, Rendezvous, Schäferstündchen |
| Italiano | trésca, appuntamento, incontro |
| Ελληνικά | συνάντηση synántisi, ραντεβού rantevoú |
| Română | întâlnire, rendez-vous |
| Русский | свида́ние svidánije, встре́ча vstréča, любо́вное свида́ние ljubóvnoje svidánije |
| العربية | مَوْعِد mawʕid, لِقَاء اَلْحُبّ liqāʔ al-ḥubb |
noun (obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant
| Español | convenio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 約束 yakusoku |
| Deutsch | Vereinbarung |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía |
| Русский | соглаше́ние soglašénije |
verb to agree to meet at a place
| 日本語 | 合う約束をする au yakusoku wo suru |
|---|---|
| Italiano | trovarsi, incontrarsi |
| Русский | назначить встречу |
verb to arrange or appoint
| 日本語 | 合う約束をする au yakusoku wo suru |
|---|
verb to meet at an agreed place and time
| 日本語 | 逢い引きする aibiki suru |
|---|---|
| Русский | прийти на встречу |
Talk about this word "tryst." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tryst. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tryst. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tryst "tryst." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tryst.Cite this
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title = {tryst},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tryst},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
