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tractor

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæktə/
  • General-American: /ˈtɹæktɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æktə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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8

verb

Meaning 8

To prepare (land) with a tractor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To drive a tractor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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10

verb

Meaning 10

To move with a tractor beam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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11

verb

Meaning 11

To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

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12

noun

Meaning 12

a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: self-propelled vehicle

Narrower terms: bulldozer, dozer, skidder

13

noun

Meaning 13

a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truck, motortruck

History

Etymology

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

Across languages

Translations

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Amharic: ትራክተር (təraktär) — farm vehicle
  • Arabic: جَرَار (jarār) — farm vehicle
  • Arabic: تَرَاكْتُور (tarāktūr) — farm vehicle
  • Armenian: տրակտոր (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Assamese: টেক্টৰ (tektor) — farm vehicle
  • Assamese: ট্ৰেক্টৰ (trektor) — farm vehicle
  • Asturian: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: tıraxtor — farm vehicle
  • Basque: traktore — farm vehicle
  • Belarusian: тра́ктар (tráktar) — farm vehicle
  • Bengali: ট্র্যাক্টর (ṭrjakṭor) — farm vehicle
  • Bouyei: toylayjiy — farm vehicle
  • Bulgarian: тра́ктор (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Burmese: ထွန်စက် (htwancak) — farm vehicle
  • Burmese: ထော် လာဂျီ (htau lagyi) — farm vehicle
  • Carpathian Rusyn: тра́ктор (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Catalan: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拖拉機 /拖拉机 (to1 laai1 gei1) — farm vehicle
  • Chinese: туәлаҗи (tuəlaji) — farm vehicle
  • Chinese: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Hakka Chinese: 拖拉機 /拖拉机 (to1 laai1 gei1) — farm vehicle
  • Chinese: 拖拉機 /拖拉机 (thoa-la-ki, tho-la-ki) — farm vehicle
  • Jin Chinese: 拖拉機 /拖拉机 (te1 la1 ji1) — farm vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拖拉機 /拖拉机 (tuōlājī) — farm vehicle
  • Czech: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Danish: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Dutch: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Dutch: trekker — farm vehicle
  • East Circassian: трахтыр (traxtər) — farm vehicle
  • Esperanto: traktoro — farm vehicle
  • Estonian: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Faroese: traktorur — farm vehicle
  • Finnish: traktori — farm vehicle
  • French: tracteur — farm vehicle
  • Galician: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Galician: chimpín — farm vehicle
  • Georgian: ტრაქტორი (ṭrakṭori) — farm vehicle
  • German: Traktor — farm vehicle
  • German: Trecker — farm vehicle
  • German: Schlepper — farm vehicle
  • Greek: ελκυστήρας (elkystíras) — farm vehicle
  • Greek: τρακτέρ (traktér) — farm vehicle
  • Hebrew: טְרַקְטוֹר (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Hindi: ट्रैक्टर (ṭraikṭar) — farm vehicle
  • Hindi: ट्रेक्टर (ṭrekṭar) — farm vehicle
  • Hungarian: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Hungarian: mezőgazdasági vontató — farm vehicle
  • Hunsrik: Tratoer — farm vehicle
  • Icelandic: dráttarvél — farm vehicle
  • Ido: traktoro — farm vehicle
  • Indonesian: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Interlingua: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Italian: trattore — farm vehicle
  • Japanese: トラクター (torakutā) — farm vehicle
  • Kazakh: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Khmer: ត្រាក់ទ័រ (traktɔə) — farm vehicle
  • Korean: 트랙타 (teuraekta) — farm vehicle
  • Korean: 트랙터 (teuraekteo) — farm vehicle
  • Korean: 뜨락또르 (tteurakttoreu) — farm vehicle
  • Northern Kurdish: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Kyrgyz: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Lao: ລົດຕັກເຕິ (lot tak tœ) — farm vehicle
  • Lao: ລົດແກ່ (lot kǣ) — farm vehicle
  • Lao: ລົດໄຖ (lot thai) — farm vehicle
  • Latvian: traktors — farm vehicle
  • Lithuanian: traktorius — farm vehicle
  • : ᦷᦒᧈᦟᦱᧈᦋᦲᧈ (tho1laa1tsii1) — farm vehicle
  • Macedonian: тра́ктор (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Malay: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Malay: tarakihana — farm vehicle
  • Maltese: mutur tal-ħart — farm vehicle
  • Maltese: trekter — farm vehicle
  • Māori: tarakihana — farm vehicle
  • Māori: tarakitā — farm vehicle
  • Mongolian: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Mongolian: ᠲ᠋ᠷᠠᠻᠲ᠋ᠣᠷ (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Norman: tracteu — farm vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Occitan: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Pashto: تراکتور (tarāktor) — farm vehicle
  • Pashto: ټراکټور (ṭrākṭor) — farm vehicle
  • Pashto: ټرکټر (ṭraktar) — farm vehicle
  • Iranian Persian: تِراکْتور (terâktor) — farm vehicle
  • Polish: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Polish: ciągnik — farm vehicle
  • Portuguese: trator — farm vehicle
  • Romanian: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Russian: тра́ктор (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Northern Sami: tráktor — farm vehicle
  • Skolt-Sami: trakttor — farm vehicle
  • Southern Sami: traktovre — farm vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: тра̏ктор — farm vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȁktor — farm vehicle
  • Sinhalese: ට්රැක්ටර් (ṭrækṭar) — farm vehicle
  • Slovak: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Slovene: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Southern Altai: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Spanish: tractor — farm vehicle
  • Spanish: tractor agrícola — farm vehicle
  • Spanish: tractor agrario — farm vehicle
  • Spanish: agrotractor — farm vehicle
  • Swahili: trekta — farm vehicle
  • Swedish: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Tagalog: guyod — farm vehicle
  • Tajik: трактор (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Tatar: трактор (traqtor) — farm vehicle
  • Thai: แทรกเตอร์ (trɛ́k-dtə̂ə) — farm vehicle
  • Tibetan: ཐོ་ལ་ཅི (tho la ci) — farm vehicle
  • Tigrinya: ትራክተር (təraktär) — farm vehicle
  • Turkish: traktör — farm vehicle
  • Turkmen: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Ukrainian: тра́ктор (tráktor) — farm vehicle
  • Urdu: ٹْرَیکْٹَر (ṭraikṭar) — farm vehicle
  • Urdu: ٹَرَیکْٹَر (ṭaraikṭar) — farm vehicle
  • Uyghur: تراكتور (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Uzbek: traktor — farm vehicle
  • Vietnamese: máy kéo — farm vehicle
  • Volapük: träktor — farm vehicle
  • Walloon: tracteur — farm vehicle
  • West Circassian: трахтыр (traxtər) — farm vehicle
  • Yiddish: טראַקטאָר (traktor) — farm vehicle
  • Yoruba: katakata — farm vehicle
  • Zhuang: dohlahgih — farm vehicle
  • Bulgarian: влека́ч (vlekáč) — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Finnish: vetoauto — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • German: Sattelzugmaschine — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Greek: γερανός (geranós) — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Hungarian: vontató — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Hungarian: kamion — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Italian: motrice — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Lao: ລົດແກ່ (lot kǣ) — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trekkvogn — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trekkvogn — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Russian: тра́ктор-тяга́ч (tráktor-tjagáč) — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Russian: тяга́ч (tjagáč) — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Spanish: cabezal — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Spanish: tractocamión — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Spanish: camión tractor — truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
  • Bulgarian: влека́ч (vlekáč) — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Finnish: vetolaite — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Finnish: veturi — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • German: Zugmaschine — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Greek: γερανός (geranós) — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Greek: ελκυστήρας (elkystíras) — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Hungarian: vontató — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Italian: motrice — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Polish: ciągnik — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Spanish: tractor — any piece of machinery that pulls something
  • Japanese: 牽引式飛行機 (ken'inshiki hikōki) — aircraft configuration
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