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trace [tʀas]feminine nouna. ( = marque) mark ; [de sang] traceb. ( = empreinte) tracks• traces de doigt (sur disque, meuble) finger marks• disparaître sans laisser de traces [personne] to disappear without trace ; [tache] to disappear completely without leaving a mark• être sur les traces de [+ fugitif] to be on the trail of• marcher sur or suivre les traces de qn (figurative) to follow in sb's footsteps• suivre à la trace [+ gibier, fugitif] to trackc. ( = indice) trace• on ne trouve pas trace de cet événement dans les journaux there's no trace of this event to be found in the papers• on voyait encore les traces de son passage there was still evidence that he had recently passed byd. ( = chemin frayé) track• faire la trace (Mountaineering, skiing) to be the first to ski (or walk etc) on new snow* * *tʀas1) ( piste) trailsuivre quelqu'un à la trace — lit to track somebody; fig to follow somebody's trail
2) ( empreinte)traces de pas — footprints, footmarks
3) ( marque) ( de brûlure) mark; ( cicatrice) scar; ( de peinture) mark; (de sang, d'humidité) tracetraces de coups — ( bleus) bruises
4) ( indice) ( d'activité) sign; (de passage, présence) trace5) ( quantité infime)* * *tʀas nf1) (= empreintes) tracks pl2) (= marque) mark3) (= indice) traceLe voleur n'a pas laissé de traces. — The thief left no traces.
* * *trace nf1 ( piste) trail; perdre la trace d'un animal to lose an animal's tracks; retrouver la trace d'un voleur/des tableaux volés to pick up the trail of a thief/of the stolen paintings; suivre qn à la trace lit to track sb; fig to follow sb's trail; faire la trace ( au ski) to blaze the ou a trail; skier dans la trace de qn to ski in sb's tracks;2 ( empreinte) traces tracks; traces d'ours/de ski bear's/ski tracks; traces de pneus tyre GB ou tire US tracks; traces de pas footprints, footmarks; repartir sur ses traces lit, fig to retrace one's steps; marcher sur or suivre les traces de qn fig to follow in sb's footsteps; un itinéraire touristique sur les traces de Van Gogh fig a tourist route following in the steps of Van Gogh;3 ( marque) ( de brûlure) mark; ( cicatrice) scar; ( de peinture) mark; (de sang, d'humidité) trace; traces de freinage skidmarks; traces de doigts fingermarks; traces de coups ( bleus) bruises; l'enfant a des traces suspectes the child has some suspicious marks ou bruises; traces de fatigue sur le visage signs of tiredness on the face; les traces indélébiles d'une enfance malheureuse fig the indelible scars of an unhappy childhood; l'aventure avait laissé des traces profondes en lui the experience had marked him deeply;4 ( indice) ( d'activité) sign; (de passage, présence) trace; des traces d'effraction signs of a break-in; il n'y avait aucune trace du conducteur there was no trace ou sign of the driver; disparaître sans laisser de traces to disappear without a trace; les archéologues ont trouvé de nombreuses traces de cette civilisation archaeologists have found many traces of this civilization;5 ( quantité infime) des traces de mercure traces of mercury; ‘lipides: traces’ ‘lipids: trace’; sa déclaration ne comportait pas la moindre trace d'humour/d'ironie his/her pronouncement bore not the slightest trace of humourGB/of irony.[tras] nom féminindes traces de pas footprints, footmarksdes traces de pneus tyre ou wheel markssuivre la trace ou les traces de quelqu'un, marcher sur les traces de quelqu'un (figuré) to follow in somebody's footsteps2. [d'un coup, de brûlures, d'une maladie] markpas la moindre trace d'effraction no sign ou evidence ou trace of a break-inil n'y a pas trace d'elle ou aucune trace d'elle no sign of her (anywhere)on ne trouve pas trace de votre dossier your file cannot be traced, there's no trace of your file4. [quantité infime] traceelle parle sans la moindre trace d'accent she speaks without the slightest trace ou hint of an accent5. [vestige] traceon y a retrouvé les traces d'une civilisation très ancienne traces of a very ancient civilization have been discovered there6. [marque psychique] mark————————à la trace locution adverbiale1. [d'après les empreintes]suivre à la trace [fuyard, gibier] to track (down)2. (familier & figuré)on peut le suivre à la trace, il sème ses stylos partout he's easy to track down, he leaves his pens lying around all over the place————————sur la trace de locution prépositionnelle[à la recherche de] on the trail of ou track ofils sont sur la trace du bandit/d'un manuscrit they are on the bandit's trail/tracking down a manuscript
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