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Webster 1913 Edition
Tracer
Tra′cer
,Noun.
One who, or that which, traces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tracer
TRA'CER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Tracer
tracer
tracer
English
Noun
tracer (plural tracers)
- (chemistry) A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- 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.
- The act of tracking or investigating something.
- A person who traces something.
Translations
A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process
A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance
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The act of tracking or investigating something
A person who traces something
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French tracier, from Latin tractum the past participle of traho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁa.se/
Verb
tracer
- (transitive) to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
- (transitive) to rule (a line)
- (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 | ||||||
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| infinitive | tracer | avoir tracé | |||||
| gerund | en traçant | en ayant tracé | |||||
| present participle | traçant /tʁa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tracé /tʁa.se/ |
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| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | traçai /tʁa.se/ |
traças /tʁa.sa/ |
traça /tʁa.sa/ |
traçâmes /tʁa.sam/ |
traçâtes /tʁa.sat/ |
tracèrent /tʁa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | tracerai /tʁa.sʁe/ |
traceras /tʁa.sʁa/ |
tracera /tʁa.sʁa/ |
tracerons /tʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
tracerez /tʁa.sʁe/ |
traceront /tʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tracerais /tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
tracerais /tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
tracerait /tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
tracerions /tʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
traceriez /tʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
traceraient /tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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Descendants
- German: trassieren