tractor

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
2. 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. An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
6. (UK) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
7. (archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

Verb

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

Concepts

tracteur

🚜

charrette

wagon

entraînement à picots

semi-remorque

Synonymes

truck

🚚

prime mover

bulldozer

towing engine

agrimotor

truck

🚚

crank

crawler

dragger

engine

hauler

hauling engine

locomotive

machine

puller

axe

🪓

toboggan

tow truck

traction engine

wagon

withdrawer

orthoterion

iron bar

traction-engine

machine for lowing field

towing vehicle

draw machine

extension apparatus

propelling machine

pushcart

bobtail

car

🚗

carriage

cart

chariot

Traductions

tractor

trattore

🚜

tractor

🚜

Traktor

🚜

τρακτέρ

trator

🚜

trekker

traktör

🚜

tractor

🚜

Schlepper

ελκυστήρας

جرار

tractor

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɹæktə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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