tractate

n.
A treatise; an essay.

[Latin tractātus. See tract².]

(TRAK-tayt)

noun
A treatise; an essay.

Etymology
Latin tractatus.

Usage
"Oh, I spoke my speech out -- cribbed from Plato's tractate ...." — Robert Browning, Pietro of Abano, 19th C.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - traktat

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhandeling

Français (French)
n. - traité, essai

Deutsch (German)
n. - Traktat, Abhandlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διατριβή

Italiano (Italian)
trattato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dissertação escrita (f)

Русский (Russian)
научный труд, толкующий религ./фил./по- лит./моральные и др. вопросы

Español (Spanish)
n. - tratado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - traktat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
论文, 小册子, 短文

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 論文, 小冊子, 短文

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 논문

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 論文

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بحث, مقاله, رساله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחקר, קונטרס, מסכת‬

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