tract

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹækt/ Homophone: tracked Rhymes: -ækt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait. ==== Noun ==== tract (plural tracts) An area or expanse. (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal. (obsolete) Track; trace. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition. ===== Synonyms ===== (series of connected body organs): system ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin tractus, the participle stem of trahere (“to pull, drag”). ==== Verb ==== tract (third-person singular simple present tracts, present participle tracting, simple past and past participle tracted) (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract. === Etymology 3 === From Latin tractāre, from tractō, from trahō +‎ -tō. ==== Verb ==== tract (third-person singular simple present tracts, present participle tracting, simple past and past participle tracted) (transitive, obsolete) To treat, discourse, negotiate. === Further reading === “tract, v1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === T-cart == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tract. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁakt/ === Noun === tract m (plural tracts) flyer, circular, pamphlet ==== Derived terms ==== tracter ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: trakt → Iranian Persian: تِراکْت (terâkt) → Khmer: ត្រាក់ (trak), ត្រៈ (traʼ) === Further reading === “tract”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old English == === Noun === tract m alternative form of traht