# 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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: trāʹlər, IPA: /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

### Noun

trailer (plural trailers)
* Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
** 2014, Chris Ekpekurede, Laughing Over Serious Matters: Stories to Make You Laugh and Reflect:There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.
* Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
    Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion
    the trailer of a plant
* 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.
    At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
** 1980 April, Greg Stone, “Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer”, in Popular Science, page 104:My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
** 2004, Mike Byrnes & Associates, Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, page 310:Or you can slide the trailer′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.
** 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122:There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.
* (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
    Synonyms: (US) camper, (UK) caravan, travel trailer
    We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
* (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
    The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
* (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
    Synonyms: preview, teaser
    The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
* 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
    The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
* (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
    Antonym: header
    The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

#### 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

* cantina trailer
* centre-axle trailer
* driving trailer
* driving van trailer
* horse trailer
* house trailer
* semi-trailer truck
* teardrop trailer
* tractor-trailer
* tractor trailer
* trailer car
* trailer card (computing)
* trailercore
* trailer hitch
* trailerization
* trailerize
* trailer park
* trailer park trash
* trailer sailer
* trailer sailor
* trailer tent
* trailer trash
* trailer truck
* travel trailer
* truck and trailer
* utility trailer

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: թրեյլեր (tʻreyler)
* → Dutch: trailer
* → Estonian: treiler
* → Finnish: traileri
* → Galician: tráiler
* → Greek: τρέιλερ (tréiler)
* → Japanese: トレーラー (torērā)
* → Portuguese: trailer
* → Romanian: treiler
* → Russian: тре́йлер (tréjler)
* → Spanish: tráiler
* → Swahili: trela

#### Translations

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### 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.
    The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.

### Anagrams

* retiral, retrial, trialer

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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), 2008–2025

## 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: /ˈtreː.lər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: trai‧ler

### Noun

trailer m (plural trailers)
* 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: [ˈt̪rai̯.lər]
* Hyphenation: trai‧lêr

### Noun

trailer or trailêr
* 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, 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: /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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈtɾej.leɾ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtɾej.leʁ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾej.leɻ/ [ˈtɾeɪ̯.leɻ]

### 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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

### Noun

trailer n (plural trailere)
* trailer

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

* IPA: /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.

#### 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)