"trait" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹeɪt/, /tɹeɪ/ (note: traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trait.wav Forms: traits [plural]
enPR: trā (note: traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) Rhymes: -eɪt, -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Doublet of tract. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|trait||line, feature}} Middle French trait (“line, feature”), {{der|en|la|tractus||drawing, pulling}} Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), {{der|en|la|traho|trahō}} Latin trahō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*tregʰ-||to drag, pull?}} Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), {{doublet|en|tract}} Doublet of tract Head templates: {{en-noun}} trait (plural traits)
  1. (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. Categories (topical): Biology, Psychology Synonyms: characteristic Translations (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend): صِفَة (ṣifa) [feminine] (Arabic), شِيْمَة (šiyma) [feminine] (Arabic), سِمَة (sima) [feminine] (Arabic), сифат (sifat) (Bashkir), ры́са (rýsa) [feminine] (Belarusian), белег (beleg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отличителна черта (otličitelna čerta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), черта́ (čertá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tret [masculine] (Catalan), 特徵 (Chinese Mandarin), 特征 (tèzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), rys [masculine] (Czech), karaktereigenschap trek (Dutch), trajto (Esperanto), piirre (Finnish), ominaisuus (Finnish), trait [masculine] (French), Eigenschaft [feminine] (German), Zug [masculine] (German), מאפיין (meafyén) [masculine] (Hebrew), תכונה (tkhuná) [feminine] (Hebrew), jellemző (Hungarian), jellemvonás (Hungarian), einkenni [neuter] (Icelandic), eiginleiki [masculine] (Icelandic), ciri-ciri (Indonesian), ciri khas (Indonesian), caratteristica [feminine] (Italian), tratto [masculine] (Italian), 特徴 (tokuchō) (alt: とくちょう) (Japanese), 특징 (teukjing) (Korean), trekk [neuter] (Norwegian), egenskap [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eigenskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), drag (Norwegian Nynorsk), trach [masculine] (Occitan), trait (Occitan), صفت (sefat) (Persian), خصلت (xeslat) (Persian), cecha [feminine] (Polish), rys [masculine] (Polish), traço (Portuguese), peculiaridade (Portuguese), черта́ (čertá) [feminine] (Russian), осо́бенность (osóbennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), прису́щее (prisúščeje) (Russian), vlastnosť [feminine] (Slovak), črta [feminine] (Slovak), rys [masculine] (Slovak), rasgo [masculine] (Spanish), característica [feminine] (Spanish), carácter [masculine] [biology, natural-sciences] (Spanish), drag [neuter] (Swedish), egenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), egenhet [common-gender] (Swedish), panangi (Tagalog), นิสัย (ní-sǎi) (Thai), özellik (Turkish), vasıf (Turkish), ри́са (rýsa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), đặc điểm (Vietnamese), đặc tính (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-trait-en-noun-hCDhJDTt Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 50 50 Topics: biology, human-sciences, natural-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'an identifying characteristic, habit or trend': 99 1
  2. (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface): piirre (Finnish), типа́ж (tipáž) [masculine] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: character trait, subordinate trait, traitlike, X-linked trait Related terms: sickle cell trait, tract, tractate, treat, treaty

Inflected forms

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          "text": "inherited traits and acquired traits",
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          "text": "The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?",
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          "ref": "1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:",
          "text": "The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.",
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          "ref": "2003, Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait.",
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          "text": "inherited traits and acquired traits",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:",
          "text": "The English, of all classes, value themselves on this trait, as distinguishing them from the French, who, in the popular belief, are more polite than true.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:",
          "text": "The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An identifying characteristic, habit or trend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "habit",
          "habit"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "characteristic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "human-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Object-oriented programming"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Nathaniel J. Nystrom, Programming languages for scalable software extension and composition:",
          "text": "Traits are parametrized on other methods, which must be provided to create a class using the trait. Using a trait-like mechanism to compose large collections of mutually-dependent classes or traits could lead to parameter explosion.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface."
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        [
          "object-oriented programming",
          "object-oriented programming"
        ],
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          "uninstantiable",
          "uninstantiable"
        ],
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "functionality",
          "functionality"
        ],
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          "class",
          "class"
        ],
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          "interface",
          "interface"
        ]
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        "(object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface."
      ]
    }
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      "enpr": "trā",
      "note": "traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tɹeɪ/",
      "note": "traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣifa",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صِفَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šiyma",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شِيْمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sima",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سِمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sifat",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "сифат"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rýsa",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ры́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beleg",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "белег"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otličitelna čerta",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отличителна черта"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čertá",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "черта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tret"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "特徵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tèzhēng",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "特征"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rys"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "karaktereigenschap trek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "trajto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "piirre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "ominaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trait"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eigenschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zug"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "meafyén",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מאפיין"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tkhuná",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תכונה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "jellemző"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "jellemvonás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einkenni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eiginleiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "ciri-ciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "ciri khas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caratteristica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tratto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とくちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokuchō",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "特徴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teukjing",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "특징"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "egenskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eigenskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "drag"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trach"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "trait"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sefat",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "صفت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xeslat",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "خصلت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cecha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "traço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "peculiaridade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čertá",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "черта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osóbennostʹ",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осо́бенность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prisúščeje",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "прису́щее"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlastnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "črta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rys"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rasgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "característica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "carácter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "egenskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "egenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "panangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ní-sǎi",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "นิสัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "özellik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "vasıf"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rýsa",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "đặc điểm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an identifying characteristic, habit or trend",
      "word": "đặc tính"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface",
      "word": "piirre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tipáž",
      "sense": "uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "типа́ж"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trait"
}

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