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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: articulated lorry, artic, 18-wheeler, juggernaut, truck and trailer
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English trailer English semi-trailer From semi- + trailer.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կիսակցորդ
(kisakcʻord)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Belarusian:
паўпрычэ́п
(pawpryčép)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Bulgarian:
полуремарке
(poluremarke)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Czech:
návěs
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Danish:
sættevogn
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Dutch:
oplegger
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Estonian:
poolhaagis
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Finnish:
puoliperävaunu
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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French:
semi-remorque
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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German:
Auflieger
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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German:
Sattelauflieger
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Hungarian:
félpótkocsi
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Italian:
semirimorchio
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Japanese:
セミトレーラー
(semitorērā)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Latvian:
puspiekabe
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Lithuanian:
pùspriekabė
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Norwegian Bokmål:
semitrailer
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
semitrailer
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Polish:
naczepa
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Portuguese:
semirreboque
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Portuguese:
carreta
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Romanian:
semiremorcă
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Russian:
полуприце́п
(polupricép)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Slovene:
polpriklopnik
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Spanish:
semirremolque
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Swedish:
påhängsvagn
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Swedish:
semitrailer
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Ukrainian:
напівпри́чіп
(napivprýčip)
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Vietnamese:
sơ mi rơ mooc
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
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Vietnamese:
sơ-mi rơ-mooc
— trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end