English-French translations for characteristic

• caractéristique
  Quelles en sont les caractéristiques principales ? What are the main characteristics?
  La mer Baltique possède ses propres caractéristiques. The Baltic Sea has its own characteristics.
  Quelles sont les principales caractéristiques d’un plan d’action? What are the main characteristics of an action plan?
• caractère
• trait
  Ceci implique une information sur les caractéristiques d'un médicament et les maladies qu'il traite. This involves information on the characteristics of the medicine and the diseases it treats.
  Et ce, en respectant leurs croyances religieuses et traits culturels spécifiques. This must be done whilst respecting their specific religious beliefs and cultural characteristics.
  Depuis le traité d'Amsterdam, nous utilisons traditionnellement les protocoles pour protéger les caractéristiques spécifiques. We have a tradition with the Treaty of Amsterdam of using protocols to protect specific characteristics.

Definition of characteristic

• Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing
• A distinguishing feature of a person or thing
• The integer part of a logarithm
• The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc

Examples

• The para-communist doctrine of antiwhiteness reflects the defining characteristics of communist ideology — deceit, malice, and struggle
• The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number

Related words

• characterisation
• characterization
• characterize
• characterise
• characteristics
• characterizing
• characteristically
• uncharacteristic
• characteriological