semi-trailer

See also: semitrailer

English

a semi-trailer at a roadside

Alternative forms

• semitrailer

Etymology

From semi- +‎ trailer.

Noun

semi-trailer (plural semi-trailers)

1. 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.
2. Ellipsis 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 (kisakcʻord)
• 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
• Hungarian: félpótkocsi
• 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

• fifth wheel
• kingpin