semi-trailer

See also: semitrailer

English

a semi-trailer at a roadside

Alternative forms

semitrailer

Etymology

semi- +‎ trailer

Noun

semi-trailer (plural semi-trailers)

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.
Abbreviation of semi-trailer truck; A tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it.
Synonyms: (British) articulated lorry, artic, 18-wheeler, (British slang) juggernaut, truck and trailer

Translations

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

Armenian: կիսակցորդ (kisakcʿord)
Bulgarian: полуремарке (poluremarke)
Czech: návěs m
Danish: sættevogn c
Dutch: oplegger (nl)
Finnish: puoliperävaunu
French: semi-remorque (fr) m
German: Auflieger (de) m, Sattelauflieger (de) m
Italian: semirimorchio (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: semitrailer m

Nynorsk: semitrailer m
Polish: naczepa f
Russian: полуприце́п (ru) m (polupricép)
Spanish: semirremolque m
Swedish: påhängsvagn m, semitrailer (sv) c

semi-trailer truck — see semi-trailer truck

See also

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