semi-trailer
English
noun
Definitions
- A trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
- A tractor-trailer or big rig: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it.
Etymology
Prefix from English trailer.
Origin
English
trailer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitrailer English
- trail English
- trailer English
- trailerable English
- trailerful English
- trailerist English
- trailerite English
- trailerless English
- trailerlike English
- trailerload English
- trailer Dutch, Flemish
- трейлер Russian
- tráiler Spanish, Castilian
- semitrailer Norwegian Bokmål
- トレーラー Japanese
- semitrailer Norwegian Nynorsk
- թրեյլեր Armenian
- trela Swahili