how to pronounce trait

/tɹɛɪt/

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trait is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of trait in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… live them on the trait that you dry out …”

meaning of trait

Trait is a word that means a distinguishing characteristic or quality.

trait frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word trait occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics trait can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that trait can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;