"trailer (towed vehicle)" in seven languages
Meaningtrailer (towed vehicle)
Spanish
remolque
/reˈmolke/
masc.inherited
Built on remolcar 'to tow', an old seafaring verb.
French
remorque
/ʁəmɔʁk/
fem.borrowed · Italian rimorchio / rimorchiare
Italian
rimorchio
/riˈmɔrkjo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
reboque
/heˈbɔki/
masc.other source · rebocar 'to tow', of disputed origin
Romanian
remorcă
/reˈmorkə/
fem.borrowed · French remorque
Catalan
remolc
/rəˈmolk/
masc.inherited
English
trailer
/ˈtɹeɪlɚ/
other source · English trail, from Old French traillier 'to tow'
English → Italiantrailer (towed vehicle)rimorchioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REMULCĀRE (Late Latin)‘to tow a ship (REMULCUM 'towrope', from Greek)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A sailors' word: Late Latin REMULCĀRE was towing a boat by rope. A film trailer is something else again: tráiler, bande-annonce, trailer.
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In a sentence
- esLlevamos el remolque hasta el camping.
- frNous avons tiré la remorque jusqu'au camping.
- itAbbiamo trainato il rimorchio fino al campeggio.
- ptLevamos o reboque até o camping.
- roAm tractat remorca până la camping.
- caVam portar el remolc fins al càmping.
- enWe towed the trailer to the campsite.