tractor

== English == === Etymology === Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæktə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæktɚ/ Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) === Noun === tractor (plural tractors) (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields. (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging. (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer. Any piece of machinery that pulls something. (aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage. (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive. (archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (aviation): pusher (agriculture): traction engine === Verb === tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored) (transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor. (intransitive) To drive a tractor. (transitive, science fiction) To move with a tractor beam. (transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism. == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus + the suffix -or. === Noun === tractor m (plural tractores) (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle) == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəkˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tɾakˈtoɾ] === Noun === tractor m (plural tractors) (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle) ==== Related terms ==== treure === Further reading === “tractor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tractor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tractor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “tractor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Etymology === From English tractor. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tractor m (plural tractoren or tractors, diminutive tractortje n) tractor (agricultural vehicle) Synonym: trekker ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Caribbean Javanese: trèktor, plèktor == Latin == === Verb === tractor first-person singular present passive indicative of tractō === References === "tractor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Noun === tractor m (plural tractores) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of trator; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling === Further reading === “tractor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tracteur. === Noun === tractor n (plural tractoare) tractor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾaɡˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: trac‧tor === Adjective === tractor (feminine tractora, masculine plural tractores, feminine plural tractoras) driving === Noun === tractor m (plural tractores) tractor ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Welsh == === Etymology === From English tractor. === Noun === tractor m (plural tractorau or tractors) tractor === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tractor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies