trace
French, noun
trace is spelled T-R-A-C-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trace is a French feminine noun meaning “trace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tracer. With an accent, tracé is a different word: “past participle of tracer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marque ou empreinte laissée sur le sol par le passage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’un objet”.
What does trace mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrace
- 2
femininetrack
- 3
femininetrace
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of tracer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marque ou empreinte laissée sur le sol par le passage d’une personne, d’un animal ou d’un objet. 2. Marque qui résulte d’une action. 3. Impression laissée par un événement. 4. Ce qui subsiste en faible quantité ou en moindre proportion.
noun: 1. Ensemble des lignes par lesquelles on indique un dessin, un plan. 2. Ligne que suit une voie de communication, un ouvrage de fortification, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trace
- traces plural
- tracée feminine
- tracés masculine plural
- tracées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trace in French?
trace appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).