From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2006]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], [fro], probably from a [en] source such as [en],
from [non], from [en], from [en], [ine-pro], [ine-pro]. [en] (which see).
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A prearranged meeting or assignation , now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
2. * [edition=cabinet]
3. * [page=6]
4. * [en]
5. * 2005 , 吴语: Julian Baggini , _The Pig that Wants to be Eaten: And 99 other thought experiments_ , №91: “No one gets hurt”, page 271 (Granta; [1862078556] , 9781862078550)
6. *: If someone trusts you, what is lost if you betray that trust? As Scarlett is tempted to see it, sometimes nothing at all. If her husband remains ignorant of her TRYST , then his trust in her will remain intact. ‘No one gets hurt’ runs her reasoning, so why not go ahead?
7. [en] A mutual agreement, a covenant .
8. [en] A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
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[(obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
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- Kurdish:
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
2. [en] To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
3. [en] To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1902 | author= 吴语: John Buchan | title=The Outgoing of the Tide
|passage=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 tide when midnight is by, but afore cockcrow. For,' said he, 'that was
our forbears' tryst for true lovers, and wherefore no for you and me?'}}
**** Translations
[to agree to meet at a place]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: назначить встречу
[trans-bottom]
[to arrange or appoint]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Japanese: [ja]
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[to meet at an agreed place and time]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: прийти на встречу
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- Kurdish:
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
** West Frisian
*** Etymology
Related to [nl]. Ultimately borrowed from [fy]; compare [fr].
*** Adjective
[fy]
1. sad
2. sorrowful
**** Inflection
[fy-infl-adj]
**** Further reading
- [105756]