Dictionary

semi-trailer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English trailer English semi-trailer From semi- + trailer.

Meanings

1. A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).
   alt of semi-trailer truck

Forms

Relateds

fifth wheel · kingpin

Synonyms

artic · articulated lorry · 18-wheeler · truck and trailer · juggernaut

Translations (30)

sv semitrailer (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · lv puspiekabe (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · vi sơ mi rơ mooc (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · bg полуремарке (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · de Auflieger (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · pl naczepa (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · cs návěs (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · it semirimorchio (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · sl polpriklopnik (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · hu félpótkocsi (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · sv påhängsvagn (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · ro semiremorcă (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · pt carreta (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · pt semirreboque (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · nb semitrailer (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · nl oplegger (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · es semirremolque (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · hy կիսակցորդ (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · fr semi-remorque (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · nn semitrailer (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · fi puoliperävaunu (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · lt pùspriekabė (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · uk напівпри́чіп (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · be паўпрычэ́п (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · de Sattelauflieger (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · da sættevogn (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · ru полуприце́п (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · vi sơ-mi rơ-mooc (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · et poolhaagis (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end) · ja セミトレーラー (trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end)