Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trait \Trait\, n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See
   {Trace}, v., and cf. {Tract} a region, {Trace} a strap,
   {Tret}.]
   1. A stroke; a touch.

            By this single trait Homer makes an essential
            difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. --Broome.

   2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a
      trait of character.

   Note: Formerly pronounced tr[=a], as in French, and still so
         pronounced to some extent in England.

Source : WordNet®

trait
     n : a distinguishing feature of your personal nature