trait B2 Topic:Describing People US /tɹeɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #17240 Meanings 1 noun A particular quality or feature of someone's personality or character. Patience is one of her best traits. 2 noun A feature that is passed down from parents, such as eye colour or height. Tall height is a trait that runs in his family. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a particular quality or... characteristic 2 noun · a feature that is passed... characteristic Word family Forms traits Derived forms traitlike Related forms portraittracttractatetreattreaty Common collocations cultural trait Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract. trait Middle French tractus Latin traho Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # trait **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tɹeɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 17240 ## Meanings 1. A particular quality or feature of someone's personality or character. 2. A feature that is passed down from parents, such as eye colour or height. ## Examples - Patience is one of her best traits. - Tall height is a trait that runs in his family. ## Derived Forms - traitlike ## Related Forms - portrait - tract - tractate - treat - treaty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: trait - Root: tractus - Root: traho ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract. ## AI Etymology Trait is borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract. The historical line also includes Middle French trait, Latin tractus, Latin traho. In present-day use, it can mean a particular quality or feature of someone's personality or character, or a feature that is passed down from parents, such as eye colour or height. Derived formations include traitlike. ## Topics - Describing People - Describing Qualities markdown