tractor-trailer

English

Alternative forms

• tractor trailer

Noun

tractor-trailer (plural tractor-trailers)

1. (chiefly Northeastern US) A large truck consisting of an engine and cab section (the tractor) and a cargo-carrying semi-trailer or trailer.

   Synonyms: (UK) articulated lorry, artic, truck and trailer, semi-truck, semi truck, juggernaut, (US, Canada) semi-trailer truck, semi, eighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig

   Coordinate term: (chiefly Australia) road train

Translations

large truck

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ajoneuvoyhdistelmä (fi)
• German: Sattelzug (de) m, Sattelschlepper (de) m, Sattelzugmaschine mit Auflieger f
• Japanese: 貨物自動車 (ja) (かもつじどうしゃ, kamotsu jidōsha)
• Russian: се́дельный автомоби́льный по́езд m (sédelʹnyj avtomobílʹnyj pójezd), фу́ра (ru) f (fúra) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: šleper (sh), kamion s prikolicom
• Thai: please add this translation if you can