Tristan

Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪstən/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɪstən
• (General American) enPR: trĭstən, trĭstän, trĭstăn^[2][3]

Tristan

1. A male given name from the Celtic languages.
   • 1978, Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell, published 1994, →ISBN, page 201:

     After the first son had been properly named after the grandfather, the second caught the brunt of her few impulses, being named "Tristan", gleaned from medieval lore from her years at Wellesley.

   • 2012 May 17, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

     'His name is Tristan, by the way.' 'Tristan?' 'Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must have wondered about my own queer name. It was my father. Great Wagnerian. It nearly ruled his life. It was music all the time – mainly Wagner.'

2. A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
3. A female given name.
4. Ellipsis of Tristan da Cunha.

• Tristram, Tristam (Arthurian hero)

• start in, transit, Transit, straint, startin'

Ultimately, from Old French Tristan.

Tristan m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Tristan: Tristansson
• daughter of Tristan: Tristansdóttir

• IPA^(key): /tʁis.tɑ̃/

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Tristan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan
2. a French surname

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Tristan

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪstan/

  Rhymes: -ɪstan

Tristan m (proper noun, genitive singular Tristans)

1. a male given name

Tristan m (nominative singular Tristans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan