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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) enPR: trāʹlər, IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]trailer (plural trailers)
- Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
- 2014, Chris Ekpekurede, Laughing Over Serious Matters: Stories to Make You Laugh and Reflect:
- There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.
- Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
- Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion
- the trailer of a plant
- An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
- At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
- 1980 April, Greg Stone, “Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer”, in Popular Science, page 104:
- My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
- 2004, Mike Byrnes & Associates, Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, page 310:
- Or you can slide the trailer′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.
- 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122:
- There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.
- (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
- We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
- Synonyms: (US) camper, camper van, (UK) caravan, motor home
- (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
- The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
- Synonym: mobile home
- (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
- A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
- (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
- The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
- Synonym: sentinel
- (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.
- Antonym: header
Usage notes
[edit]- In Australia and the UK, use of trailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonym preview, due to US influence.
Derived terms
[edit]- cantina trailer
- centre-axle trailer
- driving trailer
- driving van trailer
- horse trailer
- house trailer
- semi-trailer truck
- teardrop trailer
- tractor-trailer
- tractor trailer
- trailer car
- trailer card (computing)
- trailercore
- trailer hitch
- trailerization
- trailerize
- trailer park
- trailer park trash
- trailer sailer
- trailer sailor
- trailer tent
- trailer trash
- trailer truck
- travel trailer
- truck and trailer
- utility trailer
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object
unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan
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furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary — see also caravan
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prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not
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preview of a film
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in computing: value used to signal the end of a list of data
in networking: the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Verb
[edit]trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)
- 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English trailer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer m inan
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trailer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer c (singular definite traileren, plural indefinite trailere)
- (automotive) trailer (vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
- (media) trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game)
Declension
[edit]Declension of trailer
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | trailer | traileren | trailere | trailerene |
genitive | trailers | trailerens | traileres | trailerenes |
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch trailer, from English trailer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer or trailêr
- semi-trailer
- Synonym: anhang
- (film) trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show.
Alternative forms
[edit]- tréler (Standard Malay)
Further reading
[edit]- “trailer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English trailer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer m inan
- (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
- trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan)
- Synonym: przyczepa
Declension
[edit]Declension of trailer
singular | plural | |
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nominative | trailer | trailery |
genitive | trailera | trailerów |
dative | trailerowi | trailerom |
accusative | trailer | trailery |
instrumental | trailerem | trailerami |
locative | trailerze | trailerach |
vocative | trailerze | trailery |
Further reading
[edit]- trailer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- trailer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English trailer.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]trailer m (plural trailers)
- (film, television) trailer (short preview of a film)
- (Brazil) caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)
- (Brazil) trailer (vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English trailer.
Noun
[edit]trailer n (plural trailere)
Declension
[edit]Declension of trailer
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) trailer | trailerul | (niște) trailere | trailerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) trailer | trailerului | (unor) trailere | trailerelor |
vocative | trailerule | trailerelor |
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer m (plural trailers or trailer)
- Alternative form of tráiler
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]trailer c
- (automotive) trailer (vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
- (media) trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game)
Declension
[edit]Declension of trailer | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | trailer | trailern | trailrar | trailrarna |
Genitive | trailers | trailerns | trailrars | trailrarnas |
References
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- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
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- English terms with quotations
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- American English
- en:Media
- en:Computing
- en:Networking
- English verbs
- en:Housing
- Czech terms borrowed from English
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- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
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- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Automotive
- da:Media
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
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- Indonesian nouns
- id:Film
- Polish terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛjlɛr
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛjlɛr/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Film
- pl:Marketing
- pl:Vehicles
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- pt:Film genres
- pt:Television
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- sv:Automotive
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