Tracer (en. To trace)

/tʁase/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To draw or mark a line or path.

He drew a straight line on the paper.

Il a tracé une ligne droite sur le papier.

To follow the path or route of an entity, often for reasons of control or monitoring.

The police can trace the location of a call.

La police peut tracer la localisation d'un appel.

To graphically represent a curve or function.

The mathematician plotted the curve of the function on the graph.

Le mathématicien a tracé la courbe de la fonction sur le graphique.

From Latin 'tractus', meaning to pull or drag.

to draw a plan

To make a drawing or sketch of a project.

tracer un plan

to trace the route

To outline the route to be followed.

tracer la route

to draw a profile

To draw the features or shape of a person.

tracer un profil

trace

Line or mark left by a moving object.

trace

tracing

The diagram or representation of a path or shape.

tracé

tracing

The act of tracing or drawing.

tracing

To follow someone or something closely.

I am currently tracing my friends on social media.

Je suis en train de tracer mes amis sur les réseaux sociaux.

To take notes or make quick annotations.

I jotted down ideas during the meeting.

J'ai tracé des idées pendant la réunion.