# trait
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Doublet of tract.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɹeɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) enPR: trā, IPA: /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
    The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
** 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:The English, of all classes, value themselves on this trait, as distinguishing them from the French, who, in the popular belief, are more polite than true.
** 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.
** 2003, Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 89:Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait.
* (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
    Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.
** 2006, Nathaniel J. Nystrom, Programming languages for scalable software extension and composition‎:Traits are parametrized on other methods, which must be provided to create a class using the trait. Using a trait-like mechanism to compose large collections of mutually-dependent classes or traits could lead to parameter explosion.

#### Derived terms

* character trait
* personality trait
* subordinate trait
* traitlike
* X-linked trait

#### Related terms

* sickle cell trait
* tract
* tractate
* treat
* treaty

#### Translations
### 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: /tʁɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

* avoir trait à
* cheval de trait
* forcer le trait
* grossir le trait
* tirer un trait
* trait d’esprit
* trait d’union
* trait pour trait

##### 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