trait

n.

1. A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character. See synonyms at quality.
2. A genetically determined characteristic or condition: a recessive trait.
3. 1. A stroke with or as if with a pencil.
   2. A slight degree or amount, as of a quality; a touch or trace: a sermon with a trait of humor.

[Middle English, shot, from Old French, something drawn, shot, from Latin tractus, a drawing out, line. See tract¹.]

noun

A distinctive element: attribute, character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, savor. See be.

(trāt)
n

An inherited set of mental or bodily characteristics.

[Ge]

A proposed observable distinguishing feature or characteristic of an artefact, structure, or some other element of material culture.

A relatively stable predisposition to act in a certain way. Traits are usually applied to personality. Each trait is often represented as a two-dimensional construct (e.g. honest-dishonest; assertive-non-assertive) represented by a scale along which an individual can be rated. Traits are viewed as being consistent across a wide variety of different situations (see trait theory).

1. any genetically determined condition; also, the condition prevailing in the heterozygous state of a recessive disorder.
2. a distinctive behavior pattern.

• t. A-46 — see inherited parakeratosis.
• qualitative t. — a characteristic that is expressed only in descriptive terms, e.g. fine bone, deep chest.
• quantitative t. — a characteristic that is expressed mathematically, e.g. an annual yield of milk of 15,000 lb.
• sex-linked t. — the gene for the trait is located on the chromosomes which determine the sex of the individual.

IN BRIEF: A distinguishing feature of your personal nature.

Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. — Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - træk, ansigtstræk, karaktertræk

Nederlands (Dutch)
karaktertrek

Français (French)
n. - trait de caractère, caractéristique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Charakterzug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιδιαίτερο) γνώρισμα ή χαρακτηριστικό

Italiano (Italian)
tratto di carattere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - piada (f), característica (f), traço (m), peculiaridade (f)

Русский (Russian)
характерная черта, характерность, свойство, особенность

Español (Spanish)
n. - rasgo, característica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - karaktärsdrag, egenskap

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
特色, 特性, 品质

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特色, 特性, 品質

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 특색, 조금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 特色

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سمه, ميزة, ضربه خفيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תכונה, מאפיין, סגולה‬

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