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trait

/tɹeɪt/
/tɹeɪ/

Sounds like tray, trey (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -eɪt, -eɪ

Where it comes from

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

noun traits

An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. inherited traits and acquired traits
Similar: characteristic
An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: personality, characteristic, attribute, nature, feature, relating, temper, relation, habit, aspect, pertaining, mannerism, character, respect, peculiarity, requirement

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noun an identifying characteristic, habit or trend

Español	rasgo, característica, carácter
한국어	특징 teukjing
日本語	特徴 tokuchō
中文	特徵 /特征 tèzhēng
Português	traço, peculiaridade
Français	trait
Deutsch	Eigenschaft, Zug
Italiano	caratteristica, tratto
Русский	черта́ čertá, осо́бенность osóbennostʹ, прису́щее prisúščeje
Tiếng Việt	đặc điểm, đặc tính
العربية	صِفَة ṣifa, شِيمَة šīma, سِمَة sima
עברית	מאפיין meafyén, תכונה tkhuná

noun uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface

Русский	типа́ж tipáž, трейт trejt

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@misc{trait_2026,
  title = {trait},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trait},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}