trailer

== English == === 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, that is trailing after the main feature. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/ (US) enPR: trāʹlər, IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) === Noun === trailer (plural trailers) Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object. Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion 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. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary. Synonyms: (US) camper, (UK) caravan, travel trailer (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes. Synonym: mobile home (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show. Synonyms: preview, teaser A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector. (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. Synonym: sentinel (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence. 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered) To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer. === Anagrams === retiral, retrial, trialer == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English trailer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtrajlɛr], [ˈtrɛjlɛr] === Noun === trailer m inan trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game) Synonym: upoutávka ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “trailer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Noun === trailer c (singular definite traileren, plural indefinite trailere) (automotive) trailer (vehicle towed behind another vehicle) (media) trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game) ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English trailer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtreː.lər/ Hyphenation: trai‧ler === Noun === trailer m (plural trailers, no diminutive) trailer (unpowered vehicle towed behind another) Synonyms: aanhangwagen, oplegger semi-trailer truck trailer, camper, caravan (furnished vehicle towed behind another) Synonyms: caravan, kampeerwagen, woonwagen trailer (preview of a film, video game or TV show) ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: trailer == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch trailer, from English trailer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt̪rai̯.lər] Hyphenation: trai‧lêr === Noun === trailêr (plural trailer-trailer) semi-trailer Synonym: anhang (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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film) Synonyms: pilot, teaser, zwiastun trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan) Synonym: przyczepa ==== Declension ==== === 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 === === Noun === trailer m (plural trailers) (film, television) trailer (short preview of a film) (Brazil) caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling) Synonyms: (Portugal) caravana, (Portugal) rulote, (Portugal) roulotte (Brazil) trailer (vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment) Synonyms: reboque, (Portugal) atrelado === Further reading === “trailer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “trailer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English trailer. === Noun === trailer n (plural trailere) trailer ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾeileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾei̯.leɾ] Rhymes: -eileɾ Syllabification: trai‧ler === Noun === trailer m (plural trailers or trailer) alternative form of tráiler == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English trailer. First attested in 1948. === Noun === trailer c (automotive) a (large) trailer (on or towed by a truck) (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 ==== ==== 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)