tracer

See also Tracer

English

Etymology

trace +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)/, [ˈtʃɹeɪsə(ɹ)]
• (US) IPA: /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

A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process

• Finnish: markkeri (fi), merkkiaine (fi)

• French: marqueur (fr) m

A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance

• Dutch: tracer, lichtspoormunitie
• Finnish: valojuova-ammus (fi), valojuovaluoti (fi)

• Korean: 예광탄 (ko) (yegwangtan)

The act of tracking or investigating something

A person who traces something

• Irish: rianaí (ga) m

Anagrams

• carter, Carter
• crater, Crater

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French

Etymology

From Old French tracier, from Latin tractum the past participle of traho.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tʁa.se/, X-SAMPA: /tRa.se/

Verb

tracer

1. (transitive) to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
2. (transitive) to rule (a line)

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
past participle		tracé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	trace	traces	trace	traçons	tracez	tracent
	imperfect	traçais	traçais	traçait	tracions	traciez	traçaient
	past historic1	traçai	traças	traça	traçâmes	traçâtes	tracèrent
	future	tracerai	traceras	tracera	tracerons	tracerez	traceront
	conditional	tracerais	tracerais	tracerait	tracerions	traceriez	traceraient
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	traces	trace	tracions	traciez	tracent
	imperfect1	traçasse	traçasses	traçât	traçassions	traçassiez	traçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	trace	—	traçons	tracez	—
1literary tenses

Descendants

• German: trassieren