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trace

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?e?s/, [t??e?s]
  • Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (an outline, track, trace), from the verb (see below).

Noun

trace (countable and uncountable, plural traces)

  1. An act of tracing.
  2. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
  3. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
  4. A residue of some substance or material.
  5. A very small amount.
  6. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
  7. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
  8. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
  9. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
  10. (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
  11. (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
  12. (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
  13. (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
Synonyms
  • (mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal): track, trail
  • (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
  • downtrace, uptrace
  • without trace, without a trace
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tracti? (to delineate, score, trace), from Latin trahere (to draw); and Old French traquer (to chase, hunt, pursue), from trac (a track, trace), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition). More at track.

Verb

trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)

  1. (transitive) To follow the trail of.
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  2. To follow the history of.
    • 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
      You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
  3. (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
    He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
  4. (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
    • 1647, John Denham, To Sir Richard Fanshaw
      That servile path thou nobly dost decline, / Of tracing word by word, and line by line.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
  8. (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
Related terms
  • tracing
Translations

Anagrams

  • Carte, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct

French

Etymology

From the verb tracer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?as/
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

trace f (plural traces)

  1. trace
  2. track
  3. (mathematics) trace

Derived terms

  • trace de freinage

Verb

trace

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tracer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of tracer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
  5. second-person singular imperative of tracer

Further reading

  • “trace” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • caret, carte, créât, écart, terça

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tra.t??e/
  • Hyphenation: trà?ce

Etymology 1

From Latin thr?cem, accusative form of thr?x, from Ancient Greek ???? (Thrâix).

Adjective

trace (plural traci)

  1. (literary) Thracian

Noun

trace m (plural traci)

  1. (historical) A person from or an inhabitant of Thrace.
    Synonym: tracio

trace m (uncountable)

  1. The Thracian language.
Related terms
  • tracio
  • Tracia

Etymology 2

From Latin thraecem, accusative form of thraex, from Ancient Greek ???? (Thrâix).

Noun

trace m (plural traci)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A gladiator bearing Thracian equipment.

Anagrams

  • carte, certa, cetra

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French trace, from tracer, tracier.

Alternative forms

  • traas, trase

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tra?s(?)/

Noun

trace (plural traces) (mostly Late ME)

  1. A trail, track or road; a pathway or route:
    1. An track that isn't demarcated; an informal pathway.
    2. A trace; a trail of evidence left of something's presence.
  2. One's lifepath or decisions; one's chosen actions.
  3. Stepping or movement of feet, especially during dancing.
  4. (rare, heraldry) A straight mark.
Derived terms
  • tracen
  • tracyng
Descendants
  • English: trace
  • Scots: trace
References
  • “tr?ce, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.

Etymology 2

Verb

trace

  1. Alternative form of tracen

Old French

Etymology

From the verb tracier, tracer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tra.t?s?/

Noun

trace f (oblique plural traces, nominative singular trace, nominative plural traces)

  1. trace (markings showing where one has been)

Descendants

  • ? Middle English: trace
    • English: trace
  • French: trace

Spanish

Verb

trace

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of trazar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of trazar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of trazar.

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brand

English

Etymology

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (fire; flame; burning; torch; sword), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (fire), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (blaze, fire), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). Parallel to e.g. Proto-Slavic *gor?ti (to burn) from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?ænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

brand (plural brands)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
    • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
      Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright.
    • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
      Is yet againe thy brest enflamde,
      with brande of venus might
  2. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
    • 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados
      The fearful brands and bleezes of het fire.
    • 1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War
      Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
    • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
      Or when amid the Grecians shippes,
      he threw the brandes of fyre.
  3. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
  4. (archaic) A sword.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad
      The shattering trumpet shrilleth high,
      The hard brands shiver on the steel,
      The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly,
      The horse and rider reel
  5. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
  6. A branding iron.
  7. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
  8. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  9. (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
  10. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
    • 2011, Tom Bevan, Carl M. Cannon, Election 2012: The Battle Begins, Crown (?ISBN)
      The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose.
    • 2012, Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service, Entrepreneur Press (?ISBN), page 104:
      Her brand is edgy, cosmopolitan, and out-of-the-box, so blogging is the perfect, ever-changing match for her.
    • 2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins (?ISBN):
      He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back. My cardiologist told me that was impossible, but I'm still convinced. That's very on-brand for [my twin] Jamie.
  11. A mark of infamy; stigma.
  12. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Synonyms

  • (distinguishing name, symbol or logo): trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name
  • (reputation): repute, name, good name

Hyponyms

  • (mark made by burning a human): badge

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

brand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)

  1. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
    When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
  2. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
    The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
  3. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
    Her face is branded upon my memory.
  4. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
    He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
    • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
  5. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
    They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

  • brand new
  • rebrand

See also

References

  • brand at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • brand in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • brand in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brant/

Etymology 1

From Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand (plural brande, diminutive brandjie)

  1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Etymology 2

From Dutch branden, from Middle Dutch branden.

Verb

brand (present brand, present participle brandende, past participle gebrand)

  1. (ergative) to burn

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish brand, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, compare with Swedish brand, English brand, German Brand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bran?/, [?b???n?]
  • Homophone: brænd

Noun

brand c (singular definite branden, plural indefinite brande)

  1. fire (large, destructive fire, as in a building)
  2. smut (plant disease)
Inflection
References
  • “brand,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand, cognate with the former word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Noun

brand n (singular definite brandet, plural indefinite brands)

  1. brand (public image)
  2. brand (a specific product)
Inflection
References
  • “brand,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Verb

brand

  1. imperative of brande

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /br?nt/
  • Hyphenation: brand
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand m (plural branden, diminutive brandje n)

  1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: brand
See also
  • rook
  • vuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brand

  1. first-person singular present indicative of branden
  2. imperative of branden

French

Etymology

From Middle French brand, from Old French brant, from Frankish *brand (firebrand, flaming sword), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (firebrand, torch, sword), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (to burn). Cognate with Old High German brant (fire, firebrand, burning iron), Old English brand (fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon), Old Norse brandr (fire, firebrand, sword). More at English brand.

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

  1. (archaic) a sword

Further reading

  • “brand” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Noun

brand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of brandur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

brand m (invariable)

  1. brand (product symbol)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • braund, brend, brond, broond

Etymology

From Old English brand, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/, /bra?nd/
  • (from OE brond) IPA(key): /br?nd/, /br??nd/

Noun

brand (plural brandes)

  1. fire, flame
  2. burning wood or coal
  3. torch (lit stick)
  4. sword, blade

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: brand
  • Scots: brand
  • Yola: broan

References

  • “br??nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.

Noun

brand m (definite singular branden, indefinite plural brandar, definite plural brandane)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  2. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by brann; fire

References

  • “brand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

  1. (nautical) pitch (movement around the beam axis)

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr.

Noun

brand

  1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Descendants

  • Danish: brand

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Alternative forms

  • brond

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /br?nd/

Noun

brand m

  1. firebrand; torch
  2. a sword (poetic)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: brand, brond
    • English: brand
    • Scots: brand

Old Norse

Noun

brand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of brandr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brander, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu-. A derivative of brinna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/, [bran??d?]
  • Rhymes: -and

Noun

brand c

  1. accidental, uncontrollable fire, conflagration

Declension

Derived terms

  • bilbrand
  • brandbomb
  • brandfara
  • brandfarlig
  • brandfilt
  • brandförsäkring
  • brandkår
  • brandlarm
  • brandrea
  • brandrisk
  • brandskada
  • brandsläckare
  • gräsbrand
  • husbrand
  • mordbrand
  • skogsbrand
  • zombiebrand

See also

References

  • brand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “brand”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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