different between trait vs indoles

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 1

Plural of indole.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??lz/

Noun

indoles

1. plural of indole

Etymology 2

From Latin indol?s (“inborn quality, nature”), from indu- (“within, in”) + ol- (“to grow”) (an affix also found in abolish and adolescent).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd???li?z/

Noun

indoles (uncountable)

1. Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).
   • 1673, Obadiah Walker, Of education, especially of young gentlemen, page 93:

     He must be treated as the Brachmans did their children, whose indoles they disliked.

   • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The primitive origination of mankind, page 160:

     Such is the indoles of the Humane Nature, where it is not strangely over-grown with Barbarousness.

   • 1882 July, in The Quarterly Review, page 214:

     Every language has its own ‘indoles’.

References

Anagrams

• Leonids, Liendos, dienols, dolines, elonids, lensoid, olenids, solenid, sondeli

Latin

Etymology

From indu- (“in”) + *ol?s (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.do.le?s/, [??n?d????e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.do.les/, [?in?d??l?s]

Noun

indol?s f (genitive indolis); third declension

1. innate or inborn quality; nature
2. natural ability; talent

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

• Italian: indole
• Portuguese: índole
• Spanish: índole

References

• indoles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indoles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indoles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• indoles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.