tract

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An area or expanse.
2. A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
5. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
6. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
7. 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.
8. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
9. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
10. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
11. (obsolete) Track; trace.
12. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
2. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

Verb

To treat, discourse, negotiate.

Concepts

appareil

brochure

parcelle

tract

tractus

étendue

région

pamphlet

Synonymes

pamphlet

parcel

region

area

pathway

piece of ground

piece of land

parcel of land

land

path

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nerve pathway

nerve tract

leaflet

extent

field

precinct

territory

soil

district

domain

dominion

essay

expanse

expansion

fascicle

fasciculus

flier

folder

ground

holding

lengthiness

lot

pipeline

premises

purview

range

reach

realm

scope

section

short essay

sphere

spread

stretch

system

terra

terrain

tractate

treatise

trough

Traductions

tracto

aparato

tratado

Traktat

Trakt

Gebiet

tratado

tracte

vía

tractat

territorio

tractus

panfleto

trato

extensió

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɹækt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tract

Hérité de ancien anglais: traht

In summary

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.