trait

Pronunciation: /tɹeɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
attribute
Narrower (hyponyms)
intractability, uncommunicativeness, communicativeness, tractability, compulsiveness, distrust

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