EuroLex/E/Trailer

trailer


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1a 'the rear section of an articulated lorry', 1c 'a platform for transporting a boat etc.', 1d 'a caravan', +1e 'a single-axe carrier for horses, etc.', 2 'a series of brief extracts from a film used to advertise it in advance'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: trailer < 1d: hjólhýsi (creat.) [= English], 1970s, meaning: 1d, status: restricted use: colloquial; 2, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: traila/treiler [trailə(r)/treiler], 1970s, meaning: 1a,1c,2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: treiler, end20c, meaning: 1c, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Greek: treiler, 1990s, meaning: 1c, status: restricted use: technical; 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (modern, journalese);

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