A trailer (sense 3 ) used to carry equipment) A trailer (sense 3 ) used to carry equipment) A car pulling a trailer (sense 4 ) A trailer (sense 5 ) Fromtrail +-er . The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.
trailer (plural trailers )
Someone who or something thattrails (follows behind); something that istrailing .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 mytrailer .
Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.Synonyms: appendage ,attachment ,appendix ,extension ,extrusion thetrailer of a plant
An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not acaravan orcamper ) that istowed 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 thetrailer .
1980 April, Greg Stone, “Utility hauling? Do it with your boattrailer ”, inPopular Science ,page104 :Mytrailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallesttrailers . 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 ,page310 :Or you can slide thetrailer ′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of thetrailer along with its wheel-base.
2009 , Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry,Current Therapy in Equine Medicine ,page122 :There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horsetrailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of thetrailer .
( US ) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.Synonyms: ( US ) camper ,( UK ) caravan ,travel trailer We drove ourtrailer to Yellowstone Park.
( US ) Aprefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.Synonym: mobile home The young couple′s first home was in atrailer .
( chiefly US , media ) Apreview of a film, video game or TV show.Synonyms: preview ,teaser Thetrailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
A short blank segment offilm at the end of areel , for convenient insertion of the film in aprojector . ( computing ) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by akey field with an otherwise invalid value thatsorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”);especially common in the context ofpunched cards , where the final card is called atrailer card .Synonym: sentinel The linked list terminates with atrailer record.
( networking ) The last part of apacket , often containing acheck sequence.Antonym: header The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-bytetrailer to each packet.
In Australia and the UK, use oftrailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonympreview , due to US influence. 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
Arabic:مَقْطُورَة (ar) f ( maqṭūra ) Armenian:կցորդ (hy) ( kcʻord ) Azerbaijani:qoşqu (az) Belarusian:прычэ́п m ( pryčép ) Bulgarian:ремарке́ n ( remarké ) ,трейлър m ( trejlǎr ) ,прицеп m ( pricep ) Catalan:remolc (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:拖車 / 拖车 (zh) ( tuōchē ) Czech:přívěs (cs) m Danish:anhænger c ,påhængskøretøj ,trailer (da) c Dutch:aanhangwagen (nl) m ,aanhanger (nl) m Esperanto:remorko Estonian:haagis (et) Finnish:peräkärry (fi) ,perävaunu (fi) French:remorque (fr) f Galician:remolque m Georgian:მისაბმელი ( misabmeli ) ,ავტომისაბმელი ( avṭomisabmeli ) ,ტრეილერი ( ṭreileri ) German:Anhänger (de) m Greek:τρέιλερ (el) n ( tréiler ) ,ρυμούλκα (el) f ( rymoúlka ) Hebrew:גרור m ( garúr ) ,נגרר m ( nigrár ) Hungarian:utánfutó (hu) ,tréler (hu) Irish:leantóir m Italian:rimorchio (it) m Japanese:トレーラー (ja) ( torērā ) Kashubian:przëwôrka f Khmer:រម៉កសណ្ដោង ( rômâksândaông ) Korean:트레일러 (ko) ( teureilleo ) Macedonian:приколка f ( prikolka ) Maori:kāta Mongolian:Cyrillic:чиргүүл (mn) ( čirgüül ) Mongolian:ᠴᠢᠷᢉᠡᠦᠯ Norwegian:Bokmål:tilhenger (no) m Polish:przyczepa (pl) f ,naczepa f ,trailer (pl) m Portuguese:reboque (pt) m ,trailer (pt) m ( Brazil ) ,atrelado (pt) ( Portugal ) Romanian:remorcă (ro) f Russian:прице́п (ru) m ( pricép ) ,тре́йлер (ru) m ( trɛ́jler ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:прѝколица f Latin:prìkolica (sh) f Slovak:príves m Slovene:prikọ̑lica f ,priklọ̑pnik m Spanish:remolque (es) m ,acoplado (es) m ,tráiler (es) m Swedish:släp (sv) n ,släpvagn (sv) c ,släpfordon (sv) n ,trailer (sv) c Turkish:römork (tr) ,treyler (tr) Ukrainian:при́чіп m ( prýčip ) ,приче́п m ( pryčép ) ,тре́йлер m ( tréjler ) Vietnamese:rơ-moóc
furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary
—see also caravan Bulgarian:каравана f ( karavana ) Czech:karavan (cs) m ,přívěs (cs) m Finnish:asuntovaunu (fi) ,matkailuvaunu French:roulotte (fr) f ,caravane (fr) f Georgian:ავტოფურგონი ( avṭopurgoni ) ,საცხოვრებელი ავტოფურგონი ( sacxovrebeli avṭopurgoni ) German:Wohnwagen (de) m Hawaiian:kaʻa hale Hebrew:קרוון (he) m ( karaván ) Italian:roulotte (it) f ,caravan (it) m Macedonian:приколка f ( prikolka ) Polish:przyczepa campingowa (pl) f ,przyczepa kempingowa (pl) f Portuguese:caravana (pt) f ( Portugal ) ,rulote (pt) f ( Portugal ) ,roulotte (pt) f ( Portugal ) ,trailer (pt) m ( Brazil ) Romanian:rulotă (ro) f Spanish:caravana (es) f ,casa rodante (es) f ,( Spain ) rulota f ,casilla (es) f Swedish:husvagn (sv) c
prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not
preview of a film
Afrikaans:lokprent Arabic:تَشْوِيقَة f ( tašwīqa ) Armenian:թրեյլեր ( tʻreyler ) Asturian:traile m Bulgarian:трейлър m ( trejlǎr ) Chinese:Mandarin:預告 / 预告 (zh) ( yùgào ) ,預告片 / 预告片 (zh) ( yùgàopiàn ) Czech:upoutávka f ,trailer m Danish:reklamefilm c ,forfilm c ,film (da) c Finnish:traileri (fi) French:bande-annonce (fr) f ,trailer (fr) m Georgian:ფილმის ვიდეოანონსი ( pilmis videoanonsi ) ,ფილმის სარეკლამო რგოლი ( pilmis sareḳlamo rgoli ) ,თრეილერი ( treileri ) ( Colloquial ) ,ტრეილერი ( ṭreileri ) ( Colloquial, more widespread spelling ) German:Vorschau (de) f ,Trailer (de) m Greek:τρέιλερ (el) ( tréiler ) Hebrew:קדימון (he) m ( kdimón ) Hungarian:előzetes (hu) Icelandic:stikla f Indonesian:pracuplik ,trailer (id) Irish:réamhbhlaiseadh m Italian:trailer (it) m ,anteprima (it) f ,provino (it) m Japanese:予告編 (ja) ( よこくへん, yokokuhen ) ,トレーラー (ja) ( torērā ) Khmer:ឈុតខ្លីៗ ( chhŭtchhŭtkhlei ) Korean:예고편 (ko) ( yegopyeon ) ,트레일러 (ko) ( teureilleo ) Malay:pratonton ,previu ,treler (ms) Polish:zwiastun (pl) m ,trailer (pl) m ,zapowiedź (pl) f Portuguese:trailer (pt) m Russian:тре́йлер (ru) m ( trɛ́jler ) Spanish:avance (es) m ,tráiler (es) m Turkish:fragman (tr)
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
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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 totrailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
Borrowed fromEnglish trailer .
IPA (key ) : [ˈtrajlɛr] ,[ˈtrɛjlɛr] trailer m inan
trailer ( preview of a film, TV show, or video game ) Synonym: upoutávka Declension oftrailer (hard masculine inanimate )
“trailer ”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025 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 ) Borrowed fromEnglish trailer .
IPA (key ) : /ˈtreː.lər/ Hyphenation:trai‧ler trailer m (plural trailers )
trailer (unpowered vehicle towed behind another)Synonyms: aanhangwagen ,oplegger semi-trailer truck trailer ,camper ,caravan (furnished vehicle towed behind another)Synonyms: caravan ,kampeerwagen ,woonwagen trailer (preview of a film, video game or TV show)FromDutch trailer , fromEnglish trailer .
IPA (key ) : [ˈt̪rai̯.lər] Hyphenation:trai‧lêr trailer or trailêr
semi-trailer Synonym: anhang ( film ) trailer , a preview of a film, video game or TV showSynonyms: pracuplik ,pratayang Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish trailer .
trailer m inan
( film , marketing ) trailer ( preview of a film ) Synonyms: pilot ,teaser ,zwiastun trailer ( unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan ) Synonym: przyczepa trailer inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANtrailer in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish trailer .
trailer m (plural trailers )
( film , television ) trailer ( short preview of a film ) ( Brazil ) caravan ( furnished vehicle used as a dwelling ) Synonyms: ( Portugal ) caravana ,( Portugal ) rulote ,( Portugal ) roulotte ( Brazil ) trailer ( vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment ) Synonyms: reboque ,( Portugal ) atrelado Borrowed fromEnglish trailer .
trailer n (plural trailere )
trailer IPA (key ) : /ˈtɾeileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾei̯.leɾ] Rhymes:-eileɾ Syllabification:trai‧ler trailer m (plural trailers or trailer )
Alternative form oftráiler .en trailer (semitrailer ) Borrowed fromEnglish trailer . First attested in 1948.
trailer c
( automotive ) a (large)trailer (on or towed by a truck)( media ) atrailer ( preview of a film, TV show, or video game ) A smaller trailer as typically towed by a car is asläpvagn (shortened tosläp ). Technically, atrailer is also a type ofsläpvagn .