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Meaning of semi-trailer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
  2. Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Български полуремарке́
Čeština návěs
Deutsch Auflieger Sattelauflieger
Español semirremolque
Suomi puoliperävaunu
Français semi-remorque
Magyar félpótkocsi
Bahasa Indonesia trailer
Italiano semirimorchio
日本語 セミトレーラー
Lietuvių pùspriekabė
Nederlands oplegger
Polski naczepa paka
Português Carreta semirreboque
Română semiremorcă
Русский полуприце́п
Svenska påhängsvagn semitrailer
Tiếng Việt sơ mi rơ mooc sơ-mi rơ-moóc

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

semi-trailer truck semi-trailing Semi-transparent semi-uniform semi-vegetarian semi-vegetarianism

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