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traiter

Pronunciation: /tʁɛ.te/

“traiter” is a French word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to treat (someone) (a particular way)
  2. to render treatment (usually medical)
  3. to process, spray, coat
  4. to process
  5. to call, to label (someone)
  6. to deal with, to handle, to be concerned with

In French

  1. Agir, avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose, de telle ou telle manière.
  2. Affubler d’un titre. Catégorier.
  3. Dénommer de manière injurieuse.
  4. Insulter.
  5. Recevoir chez soi, à sa table, un hôte, invité ou client.
  6. Écouter avec considération, prendre soin.
  7. Soigner, donner ses soins à un malade.
  8. S’occuper de, résoudre, corriger quelque chose, un problème, une affaire.
  9. S’occuper de.
  10. Soigner, combattre une maladie, par des soins particuliers.
  11. Reprendre un défaut de surface.
  12. Étudier, exposer, discuter, discourir sur.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French traicter, from Old French tretier, traitier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull, manage”), from the past participle stem of trahō (“to draw, pull”) (cf. tractus, whence French trait). See also tracter.

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