semi-trailer

See also: semitrailer

English

a semi-trailer at a roadside

Etymology

semi- +‎ trailer

Noun

semi-trailer (plural semi-trailers)

A trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
A tractor-trailer or big rig: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it.

Synonyms

Translations

trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end

Armenian: կիսակցորդ (kisakcʿord)
Czech: návěs m
Finnish: puoliperävaunu
French: semi-remorque (fr) m

German: Auflieger (de) m, Sattelauflieger (de) m
Italian: semirimorchio (it) m
Russian: полуприце́п (ru) m (polupricép)
Spanish: semirremolque m

tractor-trailer or big rig

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: kamion (cs) m
Finnish: puoliperävaunuyhdistelmä, rekka (fi), rekka-auto (fi), puoilikas

French: semi-remorque (fr) m
German: Sattelzug (de) m
Russian: седе́льный тяга́ч (ru) m (sedélʹnyj tjagáč), тяга́ч (ru) m (tjagáč)
Thai: please add this translation if you can

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