Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trace

/tɹeɪs/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
trace
IPA
/tɹeɪs/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of tracing.

noun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

noun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

noun

A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.

noun

A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.

noun

A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

noun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

noun

One 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.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

traces (plural) more trace (comparative) most trace (superlative) tracest (superlative) traces (present, singular) tracing (participle, present) traced (participle, past) traced (past)

Derived Forms

downtrace macrotrace multitrace nontrace quasitrace supertrace traceless tracelet traceology tracepoint traceroute tracery

Phrases

contact trace contact-trace fault trace foliar trace leaf trace leave no trace stack trace time trace

Frequently Paired Words

tracing

Synonyms

track trail show ace atom thought atomy aught bissel continental bit crumb

Rhymes With

place case face space face-to-face race base worst-case replace grace chase pace

Questions

How do you pronounce trace?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹeɪs/.
What does trace mean?
An act of tracing.
Where does trace come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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