trait
https://gyazo.com/ec1fd850561465100ebce0c833b2a151
source: By Domaina - Own work based on File:ABO system codominance.svg and File:Autodominant.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0
noun
a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person: 際立った性質や特徴、概して人に属してるもの
⦅かたく⦆ (性格上・身体上の)特徴, 特性, 特質 (!修飾語と共に用いる)
e.g. he was a letter-of-the-law man, a common trait among coaches.: 彼はコーチの間でよくある特徴の、規則通り実行する男だ。
a genetically determined characteristic.: 遺伝的に決定された特徴
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from French, from Latin tractus ‘drawing, draft’ (see tract1). An early sense was ‘stroke of the pen or pencil in a picture’, giving rise to the sense ‘a particular feature of mind or character’ (mid 18th century).