noun🔗ShareTraceAn act of tracing."Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line."Votre opérateur de téléphonie mobile peut tracer votre ligne.markactionprocessessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRecherche, enquêteAn enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package."The lost homework was causing a lot of trouble, so the teacher issued a trace to find it. "Les devoirs perdus causaient beaucoup de problèmes, alors le professeur a lancé une enquête pour les retrouver.communicationservicebusinessessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace, empreinteA mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal."The trace of muddy footprints led to the back door, showing where the dog had been. "La trace de pas boueux menait à la porte arrière, indiquant où le chien était passé.markanimalsignessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace, résiduA residue of some substance or material."There are traces of chocolate around your lips."Il y a des traces de chocolat autour de vos lèvres.substancematerialessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace, soupçonA very small amount."All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts."Tous nos chocolats peuvent contenir des traces de fruits à coque.amountessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePisteA current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board."The circuit board's trace connected the power source to the light. "La piste du circuit imprimé reliait la source d'alimentation à la lumière.electronicstechnologydeviceelectricessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace, sentierAn informal road or prominent path in an arid area."The hikers followed the faint trace through the desert, hoping to reach the oasis. "Les randonneurs ont suivi la faible trace à travers le désert, espérant atteindre l'oasis.geographywayenvironmentessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTraitOne 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."The farmer carefully adjusted the trace on the plow before hitching the horses. "L'agriculteur a soigneusement ajusté le trait de la charrue avant d'atteler les chevaux.vehiclemachinepartagricultureessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTringleA 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."The grandfather clock's intricate trace connected the winding mechanism to the hands, transferring the turning motion to make the time visible. "La tringle complexe de l'horloge grand-père reliait le mécanisme d'enroulement aux aiguilles, transférant le mouvement de rotation pour rendre l'heure visible.machinetechnicalpartorganessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTracé(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works."The architect studied the trace of the proposed new school building to understand its layout. "L'architecte a étudié le tracé du nouveau bâtiment scolaire proposé pour comprendre sa disposition.architectureplanbuildingmilitaryessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace, intersectionThe intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane."The trace of the family's budget plan on the coordinate graph shows where income and expenses intersect. "La trace du plan budgétaire de la famille sur le graphique des coordonnées montre où les revenus et les dépenses se croisent.mathspaceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTraceThe sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix."The trace of the student test scores matrix is 85. "La trace de la matrice des notes des élèves est de 85.mathtechnicalessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrace(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."The missing subject of the sentence "The car was washed" is a trace. "Le sujet manquant de la phrase « La voiture a été lavée » est une trace.grammarlinguisticslanguageessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuivre la trace deTo follow the trail of."The detective traced the suspect's movements through the city using security camera footage. "Le détective a suivi les mouvements du suspect dans la ville grâce aux images des caméras de sécurité.actionwayessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetracer, suivre l'histoire deTo follow the history of."The historian traced the development of the school's library over the past century. "L'historien a retracé le développement de la bibliothèque de l'école au cours du siècle dernier.historyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTracer, esquisserTo draw or sketch lightly or with care."He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him."Il a soigneusement tracé les contours du vieil immeuble devant lui.artactionwritingessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareReproduire, calquerTo copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines."The art student traced the outline of the flower on the paper to create a stencil. "L'étudiant en art a reproduit le contour de la fleur sur le papier pour créer un pochoir.artwritingessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCopier, imiterTo copy; to imitate."The young artist traced the design of the butterfly on the paper. "Le jeune artiste a copié le dessin du papillon sur le papier.artactionstyleessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMarcher, aller, voyagerTo walk; to go; to travel."The hikers traced a path through the forest. "Les randonneurs ont suivi un sentier à travers la forêt.actionwayessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTraverser, parcourirTo walk over; to pass through; to traverse."The hikers traced the narrow mountain path, carefully following the markers. "Les randonneurs ont traversé le sentier de montagne étroit, suivant attentivement les balises.wayactionplaceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuivre, tracerTo follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step."The programmer traced the code to find the error in the calculation. "Le programmeur a suivi le code pour trouver l'erreur dans le calcul.computingtechnologyelectronicsactionprocessessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading