English Online Dictionary. What means trace? What does trace mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹeɪs/, [tʃɹeɪs]
- Rhymes: -eɪs
Etymology 1
From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
Noun
trace (plural traces)
- An act of tracing.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- Synonyms: track, trail
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tractiō (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track.
Verb
trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
- (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
Related terms
- test and trace
- tracing
- track and trace
- trace down
Translations
Anagrams
- Carte, reäct, acter, Certa, carte, crate, cater, caret, react, Cater, creat, recta
French
Etymology
From the verb tracer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁas/
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
trace f (plural traces)
- trace
- track
- (mathematics) trace
Derived terms
- trace de freinage
Verb
trace
- inflection of tracer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “trace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- caret, carte, créât, écart, terça
Galician
Verb
trace
- inflection of trazar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtra.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -atʃe
- Hyphenation: trà‧ce
Etymology 1
From Latin thrācem, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ (Thrâix).
Adjective
trace (plural traci)
- (literary) Thracian (of, from or relating to Thrace)
Noun
trace m or f by sense (plural traci)
- (historical) Thracian (native or inhabitant of Thrace)
- Synonym: tracio
Noun
trace m (uncountable)
- the Thracian language
Related terms
- tracio
- Tracia
Etymology 2
From Latin thraecem, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ (Thrâix).
Noun
trace m (plural traci)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) a gladiator bearing Thracian equipment
Anagrams
- -crate, Creta, carte, certa, cetra, creta, tacer
Jamaican Creole
Noun
trace
- Idle talk; bullshit.
Verb
trace
- To talk or chat idly; to bullshit.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French trace, from tracer, tracier.
Alternative forms
- traas, trase
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtraːs(ə)/
Noun
trace (plural traces) (mostly Late ME)
- A trail, track or road; a pathway or route:
- An track that isn't demarcated; an informal pathway.
- A trace; a trail of evidence left of something's presence.
- One's lifepath or decisions; one's chosen actions.
- Stepping or movement of feet, especially during dancing.
- (rare, heraldry) A straight mark.
Derived terms
- tracen
- tracyng
Descendants
- English: trace
- Scots: trace
- Yola: threesh, treesh
References
- “trāce, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.
Etymology 2
Verb
trace
- Alternative form of tracen
Old French
Etymology
From the verb tracier, tracer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾat͡sə/
Noun
trace oblique singular, f (oblique plural traces, nominative singular trace, nominative plural traces)
- trace (markings showing where one has been)
Descendants
- → Middle English: trace
- English: trace
- French: trace
Portuguese
Verb
trace
- inflection of traçar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
trace
- inflection of trazar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative