traçaient in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for traçaient in the French»English Dictionary

I.tracer [tʀase] VB trans

1. tracer:

tracer (dessiner) ligne, plan, rectangle, portrait

to draw

tracer (sur graphique) courbe

to plot

tracer (écrire) caractères, mot

to write

tracer autoroute, oléoduc

to plan the route of

dessin tracé à l'encre/à la craie

ink/chalk drawing

tracer un trait à la règle

to draw a line with a ruler

les patineurs traçaient des arabesques sur la glace

the skaters traced ou described arabesques on the ice

2. tracer (établir):

tracer une frontière précise entre le légal et l'illégal

to draw the line between what is legal and what is illegal

tracer un portrait de qn

to paint a picture of sb

tracer un tableau pessimiste de qc

to paint a pessimistic picture of sth

à 15 ans son avenir était déjà tout tracé

at 15, his future was already mapped out

tracer les grandes lignes d'une action

to map out the main lines of action (to be taken)

tracer un programme/une politique

to outline a programme/a policy

3. tracer (ouvrir):

tracer piste, route

to open up

tracer sa propre voie fig

to make one's own way (in life)

tracer le chemin à qn fig

to show sb the way

II.tracer [tʀase] VB intr sl (aller vite)

tracer

to belt along inf

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tracer ses lettres au cordeau

to write very neatly

dessiner ou tracer un plan au jugé

to draw a rough map

avec régularité tracer

evenly

Translations for traçaient in the English»French Dictionary

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demarcate boundary

tracer

trace out pattern, letters

tracer (in, on sur)

chalk out

tracer [qc] à la craie

graph

tracer le graphique or la courbe de

chart route

tracer

plot progress

tracer [qc] sur une carte

plot MATH, STAT curve, graph

tracer [qc] point par point

to plot the progress/decline of sth

tracer la courbe de progression/déclin de qc

traçaient in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for traçaient in the French»English Dictionary

tracer [tʀase] VB trans

1. tracer (dessiner):

tracer

to draw

tracer chiffre, mot

to write

2. tracer (frayer):

tracer piste, route

to open up

3. tracer (décrire):

tracer portrait, tableau

to paint

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tracer des repères sur qc

to put markers on sth

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to track down the source of sth

tracer la provenance de qc

plot curve

tracer

to plot one's bearings

tracer sa route

rule paper

tracer des lignes sur

trace

tracer