tracer

See also: Tracer and tračer

English

Etymology

trace +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)/, [ˈtʃɹeɪsə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪsɚ/, [ˈtʃɹeɪsɚ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)

Noun

tracer (plural tracers)

  1. (chemistry) A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
  2. A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
  3. The act of tracking or investigating something.
  4. A person who traces something.

Translations

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French

Etymology

From Old French tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, present active infinitive of *tractiō, from Latin tractum the past participle of traho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁa.se/
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Verb

tracer

  1. (transitive) to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
  2. (transitive) to rule (a line)
  3. (informal) to buck up, hurry up

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

  Conjugation of tracer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tracer avoir tracé
gerund en traçant en ayant tracé
present participle traçant
/tʁa.sɑ̃/
past participle tracé
/tʁa.se/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present trace
/tʁas/		 traces
/tʁas/		 trace
/tʁas/		 traçons
/tʁa.sɔ̃/		 tracez
/tʁa.se/		 tracent
/tʁas/
imperfect traçais
/tʁa.sɛ/		 traçais
/tʁa.sɛ/		 traçait
/tʁa.sɛ/		 tracions
/tʁa.sjɔ̃/		 traciez
/tʁa.sje/		 traçaient
/tʁa.sɛ/
past historic1 traçai
/tʁa.se/		 traças
/tʁa.sa/		 traça
/tʁa.sa/		 traçâmes
/tʁa.sam/		 traçâtes
/tʁa.sat/		 tracèrent
/tʁa.sɛʁ/
future tracerai
/tʁa.sʁe/		 traceras
/tʁa.sʁa/		 tracera
/tʁa.sʁa/		 tracerons
/tʁa.sʁɔ̃/		 tracerez
/tʁa.sʁe/		 traceront
/tʁa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional tracerais
/tʁa.sʁɛ/		 tracerais
/tʁa.sʁɛ/		 tracerait
/tʁa.sʁɛ/		 tracerions
/tʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 traceriez
/tʁa.sə.ʁje/		 traceraient
/tʁa.sʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present trace
/tʁas/		 traces
/tʁas/		 trace
/tʁas/		 tracions
/tʁa.sjɔ̃/		 traciez
/tʁa.sje/		 tracent
/tʁas/
imperfect1 traçasse
/tʁa.sas/		 traçasses
/tʁa.sas/		 traçât
/tʁa.sa/		 traçassions
/tʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 traçassiez
/tʁa.sa.sje/		 traçassent
/tʁa.sas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— trace
/tʁas/		 — traçons
/tʁa.sɔ̃/		 tracez
/tʁa.se/		 —
1literary tenses

Descendants

  • German: trassieren

Further reading

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