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trait
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)
- (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.
- (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)
- 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
Verb
trait
- third-person singular present indicative of traire
- third-person singular past historic of traire
- 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
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grace
English
Etymology
From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin gr?tia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from gr?tus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?erH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful.
The word displaced the native Middle English held, hield (“grace”) (from Old English held, hyld (“grace”)), Middle English este (“grace, favour, pleasure”) (from Old English ?ste (“grace, kindness, favour”)), Middle English athmede(n) (“grace”) (from Old English ?adm?du (“grace”)), Middle English are, ore (“grace, mercy, honour”) (from Old English ?r (“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
grace (countable and uncountable, plural graces)
- (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1783, Hugh Blair, "Critical Examniation of the Style of Mr. Addison in No. 411 of The Spectator" in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
- I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
- (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
- (countable, music) A grace note.
- (uncountable) Elegant movement; balance or poise.
- (uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.
- 1990, Claude de Bèze, 1688 revolution in Siam: the memoir of Father de Bèze, s.j, translated by E. W. Hutchinson, University Press, page 153:
- With mounting anger the King denounced the pair, both father and son, and was about to condemn them to death when his strength gave out. Faint and trembling he was unable to walk and the sword fell from his hands as he murmured: 'May the Protector of the Buddhist Faith grant me but seven more days grace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son'.
- 1990, Claude de Bèze, 1688 revolution in Siam: the memoir of Father de Bèze, s.j, translated by E. W. Hutchinson, University Press, page 153:
- (uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
- An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
grace (third-person singular simple present graces, present participle gracing, simple past and past participle graced)
- (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
- (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
- He might, at his pleasure, grace […] or disgrace whom he would in court.
- (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
- (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
Synonyms
- mense
Translations
Further reading
- grace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- cager
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French grace, from Latin gr?tia.
Alternative forms
- graz, crace, gras, grase
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /??ra?ts?/
- IPA(key): /??ra?s(?)/
Noun
grace (plural graces or grace)
- Various (Christian) theological meanings, usually as an attribute of God:
- The grace of God; divine aid or beneficence.
- A gift or sign of God; a demonstration of divine power.
- guidance, direction (especially divine)
- luck, destiny (especially positive or beneficial)
- niceness, esteem, positive demeanour
- beneficence, goodwill, good intentions
- gracefulness, elegance; aptness, competence.
- A present; a helpful or kind act.
- relief, relenting, forgiveness
- A prayer, especially one preceding a meal.
- (rare) repute, credit
- (rare) misfortune, misadventure, doom
- (rare, Late Middle English) unfairness, partisanship
Related terms
- graceful
- graceles
- gracen
- gracious
Descendants
- English: grace
- Scots: grace
- Yola: greash
References
- “gr?ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.
Etymology 2
From Old English græs.
Noun
grace
- Alternative form of gras
Old French
Alternative forms
- gratia (10th century)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gr?tia.
Noun
grace f (oblique plural graces, nominative singular grace, nominative plural graces)
- grace; favor
- grace; gracefulness; elegance
Descendants
- French: grâce
- ? Middle English: grace, graz, crace, gras, grase
- English: grace
- Scots: grace
- Yola: greash
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grace, supplement)
- grace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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