Trait

Definition: Trait

Trait

Noun

1. A distinguishing feature of one's personal nature.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "trait" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Etymology: Trait \Trait\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression tractus, from trahere to draw. See Trace, verb, and compare to Tract region, Trace strap, Tret.]. (Websters 1913)

Description

Narrative, history; memoir, memorials; annals; (chronicle); saga; tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette; personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions; anecdote, ana, trait.

Indication

Characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory).

Speciality

Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia.

Crosswords: Trait

French (barb, dart, dash, feature, gulp, line, shaft, streak, stroke, trace, trait), Manx (beached, neaped).

Le Trait d'union (1956)

Compagnie maritime belge Lloyd Royal S.A. - Trait d'union entre la Belgique et sa colonie (1925)

Le Trait d'union (1908)

Trait d'union (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Communication and Personality: Trait Perspectives (Interpersonal Communication) (reference)

• New Horizons in Testing: Latent Trait Test Theory and Computerized Adaptive Testing (reference)

• The Mental Representation of Trait and Autobiographical Knowledge About the Self (Advances in Social Cognition, Vol 5) (reference)

• Trait Secrets: Winning Together When You DON'T Think Alike (reference)

• Using the Six Trait Writing Model (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Trait D Union (reference)

• Trait D Union - Crii Rad (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Trait (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Don't let us have any more of this nonsense. It is a good trait to stand by one's friends; but -" / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

La Croix Rouge : trait d'union entre les hommes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

These tests also tell whether the child carries the sickle cell trait. (references)

The Usher syndrome types are inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. (references)

Because it is an X-linked genetic trait, Menkes disease primarily affects males. (references)

Business

In addition, franchisers cited that having "business sense"is the most important professional quality (63 percent) and dynamism/motivation is the most important character trait (52 percent). (references)

Travel

Ecuador

In particular, travelers with heart or lung problems and persons with sickle cell trait may develop serious health complications at high altitudes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "trait": inherited trait ♦ production trait ♦ Quantitative Trait ♦ Sickle Cell Trait ♦ trait of character. Additional references.

Ending with "trait": a-trait.

Albanian

tipar (attribute, character, facet, feature, lineament, point, property), veçori (characteristic, distinction, exclusiveness, feature, flair, peculiar feature, peculiarity, retreat, singularity, speciality). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميزة (advantage, attribute, character, characteristic, excellence, feature, merit, particularity, peculiarity, property, quality, speciality), ‏قسمات الوجه (lineament), ‏سمة (brand, sign, stamp, type, visa, zenith), ‏طابع (distinctive quality, impress, label, printer, seal, touch), ‏ضربة خفيفة (clip, tip, touch), ‏خصلة عاده, ‏أثر (bias, count, echo, effect, give rise to, hint, impress, influence, lead, mark, odor, odour, operate, prefer, repercussion, scent, sink, soupcon, streak, tag, tinge, tint, touch, trace, trail, vestige, work), ‏شميلة (merit, nature). (various references)

Bulgarian 

следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, rag, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scar, scent, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, track, trail, train, vestige, whiff), характерна черта (characteristic, impress, lineament, note, particularity, physiognomy, point, quality, speciality), характерен белег (characteristic), отличителна черта (lineament, physiognomy, point, speciality), отличителен белег (badge, character, characteristic, difference, feature, marker, note, trademark), елемент (cell, element, ingredient, member, strain, strand, streak, unit). (various references)

Chinese 

特點 (characteristic, feature), 特徵 (characteristics, features), 特征. (various references)

Czech

vlastnost (affection, attribute, feature, make, nature, point, property, quality, side), rys (attribute, character, feature, lineament, lynx, ream). (various references)

Danish

udviklingsmæssig egenskab (developmental trait), personlighedstræk (personality trait), locus for kvantitativ egenskab (quantitative trait locus), kvantitativt locus (quantitative trait locus), karakteregenskab (character, characteristic trait), egenskab (property, quality). (various references)

Dutch

trek (appetite, feature, pull), karaktertrek (feature), gelaatstrek (feature). (various references)

Esperanto

trajto (feature). (various references)

Faeroese

eginleiki (feature, property, quality), bragd (feature), andlitsbragd (feature). (various references)

Farsi 

نشان ویژه (Characteristic), نشان اختصاصی (Landmark), ویژگی , خصیصه . (various references)

Finnish

piirre (feature). (various references)

French

trait (trace). (various references)

German

Zug (breath, campaign, catch, characteristic, course, draft, drag, draught, drawing, draw-string, drifting, expedition, feature, flight, flock, groove, gulp, haul, lineament, migration, mouthful, move, platoon, procession, puff, pull, section, shoal, slide, stop, strain, streak, stroke, swig, team, tension, touch, traction, train, transmigration, truck and trailer, tug, up draft, up-draught, whiff), Gesichtszug (feature), charakterzug (lineament). (various references)

Greek 

χαρακτηριστικό (feature, lineament, particularity, streak). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאפין (characteristic, typical), תכו� �" (attribute, character, habit, quality, streak, temper), ס�'ול�" (mascot, merit, peculiarity, property, qualification, qualifications, quality, remedy, treasure, virtue). (various references)

Hungarian

jellemző vonás (characteristic, peculiarity, touch), jellegzetesség (attribute, characteristic, characteristics, criteria, criterion, distinctness, feature, physiognomy, proper, type), jelleg (character, kind, nature, physiognomy, proper, repulsiveness, style, tenor). (various references)

Indonesian

sifat (attribute, nature, property). (various references)

Italian

tratto (circuit, course, feature, itinerary, journey, length, line, lineament, part, reach, stretch, stroke, tract, trip, trunk), caratteristica (character, characteristic, distinction, feature, hallmark, peculiarity, property). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'性 , 気質 (character, disposition, spirit, temperament), 一癖 (idiosyncrasy, peculiarity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きしつ (air chamber, character, disposition, spirit, temperament), しゅうせい (adjustment, aggregation, all one's life, alteration, amendment, correction, lifelong, modification, retouching, revision, sound of the autumn wind, update), ひとくせ (idiosyncrasy, peculiarity), かたぎ (character, disposition, hardwood, honest, respectable, spirit, temperament, wooden printing block). (various references)

Korean 

특색 (Peculiarities, Peculiarity). (various references)

Manx

tro (property). (various references)

Pig Latin

aittray

Portuguese

traço (character, feature, score, smack, streak, stroke, trace, track, umbrage, vestige). (various references)

Romanian

trãsãturã (aspect, characteristic, feature, line, lineament, Mark, Ray, stroke, touch), însuşire (adoption, appropriation, assimilation, attribute, feature, peculiarity, property, qualification, virtue). (various references)

Russian 

характерная черта (peculiarity), штрих (dash, line, touch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svojstvo (capacity, characteristic, feature, virtue), osobina (attribute, characteristic, mannerism, property, propriety, strain), crta (feature, line, lineament, strain). (various references)

Spanish

rasgo (characteristic, dash, emotion, feature, flourish, lineament, quirk, streak, twirl, twist, vein). (various references)

Swedish

karaktärsdrag (trait of character), drag (draft, draught, draw, feature, move, odor, odour, pull, strain, streak, stroke, sweep, touch, tug, vein, whiff). (various references)

Turkish

kişisel özellik, özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain). (various references)

Turkmen 

зyzyk (feature, line). (various references)

Ukrainian

особливість (aroma, characteristic, distinction, feature, flavour, individuality, particularity, peculiarity, speciality, specialty, tincture). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nét (cast, line, streak), điểm (station). (various references)

tractus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "trait": traitor, traitoress, traitoresses, traitorous, traitorously, traitors, traitress, traitresses, traits. (additional references)

Words ending with "trait": distrait, portrait, strait. (additional references)

Words containing "trait": distraite, portraitist, portraitists, portraits, portraiture, portraitures, straiten, straitened, straitening, straitens, straiter, straitest, straitjacket, straitjacketed, straitjacketing, straitjackets, straitlaced, straitlacedly, straitlacedness, straitlacednesses, straitly, straitness, straitnesses, straits. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Trait" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prait, Rait, Rtitb, tabit, taiot, Taitz, tarid, tarit, tati, terai, Tfariti, thaith, thrait, tirpit, toait, toraid, torita, Trabi, tracit, Tradito, traet, traft, trahie, trahit, trai, Traicte, traid, traie, traig, traik, traim, traint, traip, traist, traite, Traitz, traiz, trapt, trast, trat, trate, traten, tratt, traxit, treif, treitz, Treut, tria, triant, triar, triat, trilit, trit, Tritc, tritr, tritt, troit, trtait, truit, trulite, twaite. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: airt, tart.

-2 letters: air, ait, art, att, rat, ria, tar, tat, tit.

-3 letters: ai, ar, at, it, ta, ti.

+1 letter: artist, attire, ratite, strait, strati, traits, yttria.

+2 letters: arietta, ariette, artiest, artiste, artists, astrict, athirst, attired, attires, attrite, battier, biretta, cattier, citator, citrate, fattier, intrant, intreat, iratest, iterant, iterate, nattier, nitrate, partita, partite, patriot, ratites, rattail, rattier, ratting, rattish, ricotta, starlit, straits, striate, tantric, tarting, tartish, tastier, tattier, tertial, tertian, tipcart, titlark, titrant, titrate, titular, traitor, transit, tripart, tritoma, tsarist, turista, tzarist, yttrias.

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