trace

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

From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tractiō (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track.

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: opsporen — act of tracing
• Dutch: nazoeken — act of tracing
• Finnish: jäljitys — act of tracing
• Finnish: seuranta — act of tracing
• Finnish: jäljittäminen — act of tracing
• German: aufzeichnen — act of tracing
• German: aufspüren — act of tracing
• German: nachspüren — act of tracing
• German: nachziehen — act of tracing
• German: verfolgen — act of tracing
• Hungarian: követés — act of tracing
• Hungarian: nyomon követés — act of tracing
• Hungarian: nyomkövetés — act of tracing
• Russian: слежка (sležka) — act of tracing
• Russian: прослушка (prosluška) — act of tracing
• Spanish: calcar — act of tracing
• Thai: การตามรอย — act of tracing
• Turkish: bulmak — act of tracing
• Turkish: iz sürmek — act of tracing
• Turkish: izlemek — act of tracing
• Turkish: takip etmek — act of tracing
• Albanian: gjurmë — mark left as a sign of passage
• Arabic: أَثَر (ʔaṯar) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Azerbaijani: iz — mark left as a sign of passage
• Azerbaijani: ləpir — mark left as a sign of passage
• Azerbaijani: əsər — mark left as a sign of passage
• Bashkir: эҙ (eź) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Belarusian: след (sljed) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Bulgarian: следа́ (sledá) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Chinese Mandarin: 痕跡 /痕迹 (hénjì) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Czech: stopa — mark left as a sign of passage
• Danish: spor — mark left as a sign of passage
• Dutch: spoor — mark left as a sign of passage
• Erzya: эльге (eľge) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Esperanto: spuro — mark left as a sign of passage
• Finnish: jälki — mark left as a sign of passage
• French: trace — mark left as a sign of passage
• Friulian: olme — mark left as a sign of passage
• German: Spur — mark left as a sign of passage
• Greek: ίχνος (íchnos) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Hindi: चिह्न (cihna) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Hungarian: nyom — mark left as a sign of passage
• Hungarian: nyomdok — mark left as a sign of passage
• Icelandic: spor — mark left as a sign of passage
• Indonesian: jejak — mark left as a sign of passage
• Italian: orma — mark left as a sign of passage
• Japanese: 跡 (ato) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Japanese: 痕跡 (konseki) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Kashubian: szlach — mark left as a sign of passage
• Kazakh: із (ız) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Khmer: ដាន (daan) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Korean: 흔적 (heunjeok) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Korean: 자국 (jaguk) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Kyrgyz: из (iz) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Lao: ຮອຍ (hǭi) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Latin: vestīgium — mark left as a sign of passage
• Lithuanian: pedsaka — mark left as a sign of passage
• Macedonian: трага (traga) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Māori: makenu — mark left as a sign of passage
• Māori: mōnā — mark left as a sign of passage
• Māori: mokenu — mark left as a sign of passage
• Māori: paparahi — mark left as a sign of passage
• Māori: makatea — mark left as a sign of passage
• Norwegian Bokmål: spor — mark left as a sign of passage
• Church Slavic: слѣдъ (slědŭ) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Old East Slavic: слѣдъ (slědŭ) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Ossetian: фӕд (fæd) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Persian: اثر (asar) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Persian: رد (rad) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Polish: ślad — mark left as a sign of passage
• Portuguese: vestígio — mark left as a sign of passage
• Portuguese: rastro — mark left as a sign of passage
• Portuguese: rasto — mark left as a sign of passage
• Romanian: urmă — mark left as a sign of passage
• Russian: след (sled) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Sanskrit: पदं (padaṃ) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Serbo-Croatian: тра̑г — mark left as a sign of passage
• Serbo-Croatian: trȃg — mark left as a sign of passage
• Slovak: stopa — mark left as a sign of passage
• Slovene: sled — mark left as a sign of passage
• Spanish: huella — mark left as a sign of passage
• Spanish: rastro — mark left as a sign of passage
• Spanish: traza — mark left as a sign of passage
• Swedish: spår — mark left as a sign of passage
• Tagalog: dasto — mark left as a sign of passage
• Tajik: асар (asar) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Tajik: из (iz) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Tatar: эз (ez) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Thai: รอย (rɔɔi) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Thai: ร่องรอย (rɔ̂ng-rɔɔi) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Turkish: iz — mark left as a sign of passage
• Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Turkmen: yz — mark left as a sign of passage
• Ukrainian: слід (slid) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Uyghur: ئىز (iz) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Uzbek: iz — mark left as a sign of passage
• Uzbek: asar — mark left as a sign of passage
• Vietnamese: dấu — mark left as a sign of passage
• Vietnamese: vết — mark left as a sign of passage
• Yiddish: שפּור (shpur) — mark left as a sign of passage
• Bulgarian: оста́тък (ostátǎk) — residue
• Dutch: sporen — residue
• Finnish: jäämä — residue
• Finnish: jälki — residue
• German: Spur — residue
• Hungarian: nyom — residue
• Hungarian: maradvány — residue
• Hungarian: maradék — residue
• Old Javanese: wĕkas — residue
• Macedonian: остаток (ostatok) — residue
• Malay: bekas — residue
• Russian: оста́ток (ostátok) — residue
• Armenian: նշույլ (nšuyl) — very small amount
• Armenian: հետք (hetkʻ) — very small amount
• Bulgarian: следа́ (sledá) — very small amount
• Bulgarian: смътна представа (smǎtna predstava) — very small amount
• Chinese Cantonese: 少少 (siu2 siu2) — very small amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 少量 (shǎoliàng) — very small amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 少許 /少许 (shǎoxǔ) — very small amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 微量 (wēiliàng) — very small amount
• Finnish: häivä — very small amount
• Finnish: hitunen — very small amount
• Finnish: hiven — very small amount
• Finnish: jäämä — very small amount
• Finnish: pilkahdus — very small amount
• French: traces — very small amount
• German: Spur — very small amount
• Hungarian: nyom — very small amount
• Hungarian: elenyésző/minimális mennyiség — very small amount
• Lithuanian: pedsaka — very small amount
• Māori: kanehe — very small amount
• Māori: ngarengare — very small amount
• Spanish: cantidad ínfima — very small amount
• Spanish: cuantía mínima — very small amount
• Spanish: traza — very small amount
• Spanish: indicio — very small amount
• Arabic: لِوْحَة دَارَاتُ مَطَبُوعَة (lawḥat dārāt maṭbūʕa) — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Bulgarian: пъте́ка (pǎtéka) — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Finnish: johdin — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Finnish: veto — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• German: Leiterbahn — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Norwegian Bokmål: kretskort — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Romanian: cablaj imprimat — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Swedish: mönsterkort — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Turkish: baskılı devre kartı — (electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
• Finnish: polku — informal road or prominent path in an arid area
• Finnish: ura — informal road or prominent path in an arid area
• Finnish: kulkureitti — informal road or prominent path in an arid area
• Hungarian: csapás — informal road or prominent path in an arid area
• Hungarian: ösvény — informal road or prominent path in an arid area
• Dutch: streng — 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
• Finnish: vetohihna — 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
• Finnish: vetoliina — 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
• Finnish: vetoköysi — 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
• Finnish: hinausköysi — 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
• French: trait — 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
• German: Strang — 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
• Hungarian: hám — 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
• Hungarian: istráng — 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
• Ingrian: rahe — 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
• Italian: tirella — 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
• Italian: tirante — 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
• Spanish: tirante — 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
• Finnish: jälki — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• French: trace — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• German: Spur — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• Icelandic: spor — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• Portuguese: traço — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• Russian: след (sled) — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• Spanish: traza — linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
• Bulgarian: проследявам (prosledjavam) — to follow the trail of
• Catalan: resseguir — to follow the trail of
• Dutch: opsporen — to follow the trail of
• Dutch: spoorzoeken — to follow the trail of
• Esperanto: spuri — to follow the trail of
• Finnish: jäljittää — to follow the trail of
• Finnish: jäljestää — to follow the trail of
• Finnish: jäljetä — to follow the trail of
• Finnish: seurata — to follow the trail of
• Ancient Greek: ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō) — to follow the trail of
• Hungarian: követ — to follow the trail of
• Hungarian: nyomon követ — to follow the trail of
• Latin: vestīgō — to follow the trail of
• Māori: whakataki — to follow the trail of
• Māori: takitaki — to follow the trail of
• Māori: kanoi — to follow the trail of
• Māori: whakaparu — to follow the trail of
• Māori: aru — to follow the trail of
• Māori: tauaru — to follow the trail of
• Polish: namierzać — to follow the trail of
• Polish: namierzyć — to follow the trail of
• Portuguese: rastrear — to follow the trail of
• Spanish: rastrear — to follow the trail of
• Thai: ตามรอย — to follow the trail of
• Bulgarian: проследявам (prosledjavam) — to follow the history of
• Finnish: jäljittää — to follow the history of
• Finnish: seurata — to follow the history of
• Hungarian: nyomon követ — to follow the history of
• Hungarian: visszakövet — to follow the history of
• Hungarian: felkutat — to follow the history of
• Malay: menyusurgalurkan — to follow the history of
• Māori: whakataki — to follow the history of
• Māori: kanoi — to follow the history of
• Māori: tararere — to follow the history of
• Spanish: remontarse — to follow the history of
• Thai: สืบสาว — to follow the history of
• Belarusian: чарці́ць (čarcícʹ) — to draw or sketch
• Belarusian: начарці́ць (načarcícʹ) — to draw or sketch
• Bulgarian: чертая (čertaja) — to draw or sketch
• Bulgarian: скицирам (skiciram) — to draw or sketch
• Catalan: traçar — to draw or sketch
• Finnish: hahmotella — to draw or sketch
• Finnish: jäljentää — to draw or sketch
• French: tracer — to draw or sketch
• Hungarian: megrajzol — to draw or sketch
• Hungarian: lerajzol — to draw or sketch
• Hungarian: előrajzol — to draw or sketch
• Portuguese: traçar — to draw or sketch
• Spanish: trazar — to draw or sketch
• Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — to draw or sketch
• Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) — to draw or sketch
• Bulgarian: прекопирвам (prekopirvam) — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Catalan: calcar — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Chinese: 描圖 /描图 (miáotú) — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Czech: pauzovat — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Dutch: overtrekken — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Dutch: calqueren — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Esperanto: paŭsi — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Finnish: piirtää läpi — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Finnish: jäljentää — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• French: calquer — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• German: abpausen — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Hungarian: átrajzol — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Hungarian: kopíroz — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Hungarian: átkopíroz — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Ido: kalquar — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Māori: tāwhai — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Norwegian: kalkere — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkere — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkera — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Spanish: calcar — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Swedish: kalkera — to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper
• Finnish: jäljitellä — (obsolete in English) to copy; to imitate
• Finnish: kulkea — (obsolete in English) to walk; to go; to travel
• Finnish: kulkea — (obsolete in English) to walk over; to pass through; to traverse
• Finnish: jäljittää — to follow the execution of a program line by line