Dictionary

trait en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹeɪt/
• trā traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹeɪ/ traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
   • The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity. 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
   • inherited traits and acquired traits
   • Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait. 2003, Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 89:
   • The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
   • 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. 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:
2. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
   • 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. 2006, Nathaniel J. Nystrom, Programming languages for scalable software extension and composition:
   • Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.

Forms

Coordinates

mixin · class · interface

Deriveds

character trait · traitlike · subordinate trait · traitless · multitrait · subtrait · personality trait · X-linked trait · neurotrait · eigentrait

Relateds

treaty · sickle cell trait · treat · portrait · tract · tractate

Synonyms

characteristic

Translations (69)

nn eigenskap (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · nn drag (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · pt peculiaridade (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · pt traço (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id sifat (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · he מאפיין (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fr trait (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sk rys (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · tr vasıf (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sv egenskap (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · de Eigenschaft (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sv egenhet (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · cmn 特徵 /特征 (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · it caratteristica (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ru прису́щее (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · is einkenni (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · vi đặc tính (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fi ominaisuus (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · is eiginleiki (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · th ลักษณะนิสัย (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · uk ри́са (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · no egenskap (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · pl rys (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ru черта́ (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fi piirre (uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface) · bg черта́ (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · pl cecha (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sk črta (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · es característica (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · be ры́са (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · nl karaktereigenschap trek (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · tl panangi (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ru типа́ж (uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface) · ar سِمَة (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · vi đặc điểm (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ar شِيْمَة (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · oc trait (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ja 特徴 (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · es rasgo (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · de Zug (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · bg отличителна черта (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · no trekk (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id ciri khas (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · it tratto (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sv drag (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · hu jellemző (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fa خصلت (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ca tret (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fa صفت (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · oc trach (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ru осо́бенность (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · sk vlastnosť (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · th นิสัย (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · eo trajto (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id ciri-ciri (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · bg белег (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ar صِفَة (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · fi piirre (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · cs rys (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ru трейт (uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface) · ko 특징 (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · tr özellik (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · ba сифат (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id ciri (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · hu jellemvonás (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · he תכונה (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · es carácter (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id karakteristik (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend) · id trait (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend)