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tract

leaflet, pamphlet

noun TRAHKT Rare
Communication Media

Origin: Latin 'tractatus' (treatise)

Usage Note

Tract in French refers specifically to a political or activist leaflet distributed in the street or at demonstrations — it does not mean a body tract (as in the digestive tract). Distribuer des tracts is the standard collocation. The medical/anatomical 'tract' is voie or appareil in French.

Examples

"Les militants distribuaient des tracts devant la mairie."

Natural Translation

The activists were handing out leaflets in front of the town hall.

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