English

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Etymology

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From Latin tractatio.

Noun

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tractation

  1. (obsolete) treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
    • 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace:
      a full tractation of the points controverted

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tractation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin tractātiō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -jɔ̃

Noun

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tractation f (plural tractations)

  1. (often in the plural) negotiation
    Synonym: négociation
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