trailer

See also: tráiler and Trailer

English

A trailer (unpowered vehicle used to carry equipment)

A trailer (unpowered vehicle used to carry equipment)

A trailer (prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not)

Etymology

From trail +‎ -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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: trāʹlər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

trailer (plural trailers)

1. Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
   • 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 my trailer.

2. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

   Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion

   the trailer of a plant

3. An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed 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 the trailer.

   • 1980 April, Greg Stone, “Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer”, in Popular Science, page 104:

     My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. 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, page 310:

     Or you can slide the trailer′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.

   • 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122:

     There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.

4. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.

   We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.

   Synonyms: (US) camper, camper van, (UK) caravan, motor home

5. (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

   The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.

   Synonym: mobile home

6. (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

   The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.

   Synonyms: preview, teaser

7. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
8. (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.

   The linked list terminates with a trailer record.

   Synonym: sentinel

9. (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

   The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

   Antonym: header

Usage notes

• In Australia and the UK, use of trailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonym preview, due to US influence.

Derived terms

• cantina trailer
• centre-axle trailer
• driving trailer
• driving van trailer
• horse trailer
• house trailer
• semi-trailer truck
• teardrop trailer
• tractor-trailer
• tractor trailer
• trailer car
• trailer card (computing)
• trailercore
• trailer hitch
• trailerization
• trailerize
• trailer park
• trailer park trash
• trailer sailer
• trailer sailor
• trailer tent
• trailer trash
• trailer truck
• travel trailer
• truck and trailer
• utility trailer

 

Descendants

• → Armenian: թրեյլեր (tʻreyler)
• → Estonian: treiler
• → Finnish: traileri
• → Galician: tráiler
• → Greek: τρέιλερ (tréiler)
• → Japanese: トレーラー (torērā)
• → Portuguese: trailer
• → Romanian: treiler
• → Russian: тре́йлер (tréjler)
• → Spanish: tráiler
• → Swahili: trela

Translations

part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object

• German: Anhängsel (de) n, Anhang (de) m, Ausleger (de) m

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
• Swedish: husvagn (sv) c

prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not

• Bulgarian: фургон (bg) m (furgon)
• Finnish: asuntovaunu (fi)
• French: mobile home (fr) m
• German: Mobilheim n, Wohncontainer (de) m
• Hebrew: קרוון (he) m (karaván)
• Italian: casamobile (it) f
• Romanian: rulotă (ro) f
• Swedish: husvagn (sv) c

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
• 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

• Hebrew: תווית סוף f (tavít sof)
• Irish: eireaball (ga) m

in networking: the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence

• Dutch: aanhangwagen (nl), aanhanger (nl)
• Hebrew: תווית סוף f (tavít sof)
• Irish: eireaball (ga) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} aanhangwagen (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} aanhanger (nl) m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} foleantóir m

Verb

trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)

1. To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

   The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.

Anagrams

• retiral, retrial, trialer

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrajlɛr], [ˈtrɛjlɛr]

Noun

trailer m inan

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

   Synonym: upoutávka

Declension

Declension of trailer (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	trailer	trailery
genitive	traileru	trailerů
dative	traileru	trailerům
accusative	trailer	trailery
vocative	trailere	trailery
locative	traileru	trailerech
instrumental	trailerem	trailery

Further reading

• “trailer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

trailer c (singular definite traileren, plural indefinite trailere)

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

Declension

Declension of trailer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trailer	traileren	trailere	trailerene
genitive	trailers	trailerens	traileres	trailerenes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch trailer, from English trailer.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trailer or trailêr

1. semi-trailer

   Synonym: anhang

2. (film) trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show.

   Synonyms: pracuplik, pratayang

Alternative forms

• tréler (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “trailer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trailer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛj.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛjlɛr
• Syllabification: trai‧ler

Noun

trailer m 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

Declension of trailer

	singular	plural
nominative	trailer	trailery
genitive	trailera	trailerów
dative	trailerowi	trailerom
accusative	trailer	trailery
instrumental	trailerem	trailerami
locative	trailerze	trailerach
vocative	trailerze	trailery

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trêiler (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trailer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾej.leɾ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾej.leɻ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leɻ]

Noun

trailer m (plural trailers)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

Noun

trailer n (plural trailere)

1. trailer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	trailer	trailerul		trailere	trailerele
genitive-dative	trailer	trailerului		trailere	trailerelor
vocative	trailerule			trailerelor

Spanish

Noun

trailer m (plural trailers or trailer)

1. Alternative form of tráiler

Swedish

en trailer (semitrailer)

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer. First attested in 1948.

Noun

trailer c

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

Usage notes

A smaller trailer as typically towed by a car is a släpvagn (shortened to släp). Technically, a trailer is also a type of släpvagn.

Declension

Declension of trailer

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trailer	trailers
	definite	trailern	trailerns
plural	indefinite	trailers, trailrar	trailers, trailrars
	definite	trailrarna	trailrarnas

See also

• dra (“pull; tow”)
• flak
• semitrailer

References

• trailer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trailer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trailer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)