trait

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹeɪt/ (traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) enPR: trā, IPA(key): /tɹeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪt, -eɪ Homophones: tray, trey (one pronunciation) === Noun === trait (plural traits) (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. Synonym: characteristic inherited traits and acquired traits (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. Coordinate terms: mixin, interface, class ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “trait”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia phenotypic trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia trait (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɛ/ Homophones: traie, traient, traies, trais, traits, très === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French trait, from Latin tractus. ==== Noun ==== trait m (plural traits) line trait color of a mineral (dated) the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden) (dated) straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls (obsolete) an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another a remarkable or influential historical event a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea (religion) verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading connection or link between one thing and another (geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral (chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move (oriented-object programming) trait ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== traire traiter traité ==== Participle ==== trait (feminine traite, masculine plural traits, feminine plural traites) past participle of traire === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== trait inflection of traire: third-person singular present indicative third-person singular past historic === Further reading === “trait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === tarit, tarît, tirât, titra, triât