Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 38593 6622237 2009-05-19T19:54:04Z Mzajacbot 171613 Robot: bypassing template redirect {{wikipedia|dab=trailer}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|British}} {{IPA|/ˈtreɪlə/}}, {{SAMPA|/"treIl@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|trāʹlər}}, {{IPA|/ˈtreɪlɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"treIl@`/}} *: {{rhymes|eɪlə(r)}} ===Etymology=== {{-er|trail}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{context|Australia|NZ|US}} A small vehicle, usually open-topped, [[tow]]ed behind another, and used for carrying equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.<!-- is this also the British sense? --> #: ''At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the '''trailer'''.'' # {{context|British}} Any vehicle designed to be towed, with the exception of a caravan. # {{context|US}} A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary. #: ''We drove our '''trailer''' to Yellowstone Park.'' # {{context|US}} A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes. #: ''The young couple's first home was in a trailer.'' # {{context|mainly US|media}} A preview of a film or TV show. #: ''The '''trailer''' for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.'' # {{computing}} A usually invalid value used to signal the end of a list of data, often sorting last alphabetically ("ZZZZZ") or numerically ("99999") among all possible valid values; especially common in [[punched card]]s, where the final card is called a ''[[trailer card]]''. #: ''The linked list terminates with a '''trailer''' record. # {{networking}} the last part of a [[packet]], often containing a check sequence #: ''The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte '''trailer''' to each packet.'' ====Usage notes==== * In Australia and the UK, '''trailer''' in the sense of "preview of a film" is gaining currency over '''preview''' due to US influence. ====Synonyms==== * (''vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment''): * (''vehicle towed behind another, other than a caravan''): * (''furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary''): [[camper]] (''US''), [[camper van]], [[caravan]] (''UK''), [[mobile home]] * (''prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not''): [[mobile home]] * (''preview of a film''): [[preview]], [[teaser]] * (''in computing: value used to signal the end of a list of data''): [[sentinel]] ====Antonyms==== * (''in networking''): [[header]] ====Derived terms==== {{top2}} * [[tractor-trailer]] * [[trailer card]] * [[trailer park]] {{mid2}} * [[trailer sailer]] * [[trailer tent]] * [[trailer trash]] {{bottom2}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|přívěs|m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|peräkärry}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Anhänger|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|any vehicle designed to be towed, with the exception of a caravan}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|přívěs|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|perävaunu}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|karavan|m}}, {{t-|cs|přívěs|m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|asuntovaunu}}, {{t-|fi|matkailuvaunu}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Wohnwagen|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|asuntovaunu}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|preview of a film}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|traileri}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in computing: value used to signal the end of a list of data}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in networking: the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[aanhangwagen]], [[aanhanger]] (1, 2, 3) * {{ttbc|French}}: [[remorque]] gender F, une remorque ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer. #:''The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to '''trailer''' my old car to the wrecking yard.'' [[fa:trailer]] [[fr:trailer]] [[it:trailer]] [[hu:trailer]] [[nl:trailer]] [[pl:trailer]] [[fi:trailer]] [[ta:trailer]] [[tr:trailer]] [[vi:trailer]] [[zh:trailer]]