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tractor

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A tractor (farm vehicle).
 
A modern 4WD farm tractor

Etymology edit

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

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Noun edit

tractor (plural tractors)

  1. (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
  2. (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
  3. (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
  4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
  5. (aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
  6. (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
    • 1995 May 23, Andrew Cooke, “Re: British Rail: At Last The 1948 Show”, in misc.transport.rail.europe‎[1] (Usenet):
      On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.
    • 2000 April 25, Grandpops, “Calling Norfolk tractor bashers with a good brain for numbers! Possible conclusion?”, in uk.railway‎[2] (Usenet):
      With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s [37252 and 37031] present that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe, the pic of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.
    • 2000 May 17, Matt, “Re: "Unfixing" Class 37s and Doncaster control (rant!!)”, in uk.railway‎[3] (Usenet):
      EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!
  7. (archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

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tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored)

  1. (transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor.
  2. (intransitive) To drive a tractor.
  3. (transitive, science fiction) To move with a tractor beam.
  4. (transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus + the suffix -or.

Noun edit

tractor m (plural tractores)

  1. (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)

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tractor m (plural tractors)

  1. (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)

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From English tractor.

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tractor m (plural tractoren or tractors, diminutive tractortje n)

  1. tractor (agricultural vehicle)
    Synonym: trekker

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tractor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of tractō

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tractor m (plural tractores)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of trator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French tracteur.

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tractor n (plural tractoare)

  1. tractor

Declension edit

Declension of tractor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tractor tractorul (niște) tractoare tractoarele
genitive/dative (unui) tractor tractorului (unor) tractoare tractoarelor
vocative tractorule tractoarelor

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɾaɡˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: trac‧tor

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tractor (feminine tractora, masculine plural tractores, feminine plural tractoras)

  1. driving

Noun edit

tractor m (plural tractores)

  1. tractor

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From English tractor.

Noun edit

tractor m (plural tractorau or tractors)

  1. tractor

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tractor dractor nhractor thractor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • 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
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