English Online Dictionary. What means tract? What does tract mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹækt/
- Homophone: tracked
- Rhymes: -ækt
Etymology 1
From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.
Noun
tract (plural tracts)
- An area or expanse.
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
- (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
- (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
- (obsolete) Track; trace.
- (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
Synonyms
- (series of connected body organs): system
Derived terms
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Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin tractus, the participle stem of trahere (“to pull, drag”).
Verb
tract (third-person singular simple present tracts, present participle tracting, simple past and past participle tracted)
- (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
- (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.
Anagrams
- T-cart
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English tract.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁakt/
Noun
tract m (plural tracts)
- flyer, circular, pamphlet
Derived terms
- tracter
Further reading
- “tract”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.