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See also:tráilerandTrailer

English

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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)

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trailer (pluraltrailers)

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. (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.
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. A short blank segment offilm at the end of areel, for convenient insertion of the film in aprojector.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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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
furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationarysee alsocaravan
prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not
preview of a film
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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Verb

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trailer (third-person singular simple presenttrailers,present participletrailering,simple past and past participletrailered)

  1. 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.

Anagrams

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtrailer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtrajlɛr],[ˈtrɛjlɛr]

Noun

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trailer inan

  1. trailer(preview of a film, TV show, or video game)
    Synonym:upoutávka

Declension

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Declension oftrailer (hard masculine inanimate)
singularplural
nominativetrailertrailery
genitivetrailerutrailerů
dativetrailerutrailerům
accusativetrailertrailery
vocativetraileretrailery
locativetrailerutrailerech
instrumentaltraileremtrailery

Further reading

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  • trailer”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

Danish

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Noun

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trailer c (singular definitetraileren,plural indefinitetrailere)

  1. (automotive)trailer(vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
  2. (media)trailer(preview of a film, TV show, or video game)

Declension

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Declension oftrailer
common
gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativetrailertrailerentraileretrailerene
genitivetrailerstrailerenstrailerestrailerenes

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtrailer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtreː.lər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:trai‧ler

Noun

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trailer m (pluraltrailers)

  1. trailer (unpowered vehicle towed behind another)
    Synonyms:aanhangwagen,oplegger
  2. semi-trailer truck
  3. trailer,camper,caravan (furnished vehicle towed behind another)
    Synonyms:caravan,kampeerwagen,woonwagen
  4. trailer (preview of a film, video game or TV show)

Descendants

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromDutchtrailer, fromEnglishtrailer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪rai̯.lər]
  • Hyphenation:trai‧lêr

Noun

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trailerortrailêr

  1. semi-trailer
    Synonym:anhang
  2. (film)trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show
    Synonyms:pracuplik,pratayang

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishtrailer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trailer inan

  1. (film, marketing)trailer(preview of a film)
    Synonyms:pilot,teaser,zwiastun
  2. trailer(unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan)
    Synonym:przyczepa

Declension

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Declension oftrailer
singularplural
nominativetrailertrailery
genitivetraileratrailerów
dativetrailerowitrailerom
accusativetrailertrailery
instrumentaltraileremtrailerami
locativetrailerzetrailerach
vocativetrailerzetrailery

Further reading

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  • trailer inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trailer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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PortugueseWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishtrailer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trailer m (pluraltrailers)

  1. (film, television)trailer(short preview of a film)
  2. (Brazil)caravan(furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)
    Synonyms:(Portugal)caravana,(Portugal)rulote,(Portugal)roulotte
  3. (Brazil)trailer(vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment)
    Synonyms:reboque,(Portugal)atrelado

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtrailer.

Noun

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trailer n (pluraltrailere)

  1. trailer

Declension

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Declension oftrailer
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativetrailertrailerultraileretrailerele
genitive-dativetrailertraileruluitraileretrailerelor
vocativetraileruletrailerelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾeileɾ/[ˈt̪ɾei̯.leɾ]
  • Rhymes:-eileɾ
  • Syllabification:trai‧ler

Noun

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trailer m (pluraltrailersortrailer)

  1. Alternative form oftráiler.

Swedish

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en trailer (semitrailer)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtrailer. First attested in 1948.

Noun

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trailer c

  1. (automotive) a (large)trailer (on or towed by a truck)
  2. (media) atrailer(preview of a film, TV show, or video game)

Usage notes

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A smaller trailer as typically towed by a car is asläpvagn (shortened tosläp). Technically, atrailer is also a type ofsläpvagn.

Declension

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Declension oftrailer
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitetrailertrailers
definitetrailerntrailerns
pluralindefinitetrailers,trailrartrailers,trailrars
definitetrailrarnatrailrarnas

See also

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References

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