different between trait vs acquirement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”). Doublet of tract.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?t, IPA^(key): /t?e?t/
• (traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) enPR: tr?, IPA^(key): /t?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?t, -e?
• Homophones: tray, trey (one pronunciation)

Noun

trait (plural traits)

1. (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

   Synonym: characteristic

   • 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.

2. (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

• character trait

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• trait at OneLook Dictionary Search
• trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• phenotypic trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• trait (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr

French

Etymology

From Old French trait, from Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Noun

trait m (plural traits)

1. line
2. trait
3. color of a mineral
4. (dated) the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden)
5. (dated) straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls
6. (obsolete) an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another
7. a remarkable or influential historical event
8. a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech
9. a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea
10. (religion) verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading
11. connection or link between one thing and another
12. (geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral
13. (chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move
14. (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

Verb

trait

1. third-person singular present indicative of traire
2. third-person singular past historic of traire
3. past participle of traire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tarit, tarît, tirât, titra, triât

English

Etymology

From acquire +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kwa??(?)m?nt/

Noun

acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)

1. (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,^[1]

     […] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.

   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London: for the author, Volume 1, Letter 27, p. 177,^[2]

     If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.

   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 1, Chapter 18, p. 305,^[3]

     […] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.

2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]

   • […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]

   • 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

     At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.

Synonyms

• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition