different between traction vs tractor

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æk.??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

traction (usually uncountable, plural tractions)

1. The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
2. The condition of being so pulled.
3. Grip.
4. The pulling power of an engine or animal.
5. The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
6. (usually after forms of gain, get or have) Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal.
   1. (business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
   2. (politics) Popular support.
   3. (academia) Scholarly interest and research.
7. (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
8. (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.

Derived terms

Related terms

• contraction
• subtraction

Translations

Verb

traction (third-person singular simple present tractions, present participle tractioning, simple past and past participle tractioned)

1. (medicine, transitive) To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.).

Anagrams

• tacitron

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tracti?, from trah?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ak.sj??/

Noun

traction f (plural tractions)

1. traction
2. (gymnastics) pull-up

Derived terms

• système de traction asservie

Related terms

• attraction
• tracter
• traire

Further reading

• “traction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?ækt?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?ækt?/
• Rhymes: -ækt?(?)

Noun

tractor (plural tractors)

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

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (torakut?)
• ? Khmer: ????????? (trakt??)
• ? Korean: ??? (teuraekta)
• ? Russian: ???????? (tráktor), ????????? (tráktor)
  • ? Armenian: ??????? (traktor)
  • ? Azerbaijani: traktor
  • ? Chinese:

    Cantonese: ??????? (to1 laai1 gei1)

    Dungan: ??????? (tu?laži)

    Mandarin: ??????? (tu?l?j?)

    Min Nan: ??????? (thoa-la-ki / tho-la-ki)

    • ? Bouyei: toylayjiy
    • ? Burmese: ???? ????? (htau lagyi)
    • ? Tibetan: ??????? (tho la ci)
    • ? Zhuang: dohlahgih
  • ? Dungan: ??????? (traktor)
  • ? Georgian: ???????? (?rak?ori)
  • ? Ingrian: traktora, traktori
  • ? Kazakh: ??????? (traktor)
  • ? Korean: ???? (tteurakttoreu) (North Korea)
  • ? Kyrgyz: ??????? (traktor)
  • ? Mongolian:

    Cyrillic: ??????? (traktor)

    Uyghurjin: ????????? (traktor)

  • ? Tajik: ??????? (traktor)
  • ? Turkmen: traktor
  • ? Uyghur: ????????? (traktor?)
  • ? Uzbek: traktor
• ? Thai: ????????? (tr??k-dt???)

Translations

See also

• (aviation): pusher
• (agriculture): traction engine

Verb

tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored)

1. (transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor.
2. (transitive, science fiction) To move with a tractor beam.
3. (transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus + the suffix -or.

Noun

tractor m (plural tractores)

1. (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)

Catalan

Noun

tractor m (plural tractors)

1. (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)

Related terms

• treure

Further reading

• “tractor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tractor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tractor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tractor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From English tractor.

Pronunciation

Noun

tractor m (plural tractoren or tractors, diminutive tractortje n)

1. tractor (agricultural vehicle)

   Synonym: trekker

Latin

Verb

tractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of tract?

References

• tractor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

tractor m (plural tractores)

1. Superseded spelling of trator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French tracteur.

Noun

tractor n (plural tractoare)

1. tractor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Adjective

tractor (feminine tractora, masculine plural tractores, feminine plural tractoras)

1. driving

Noun

tractor m (plural tractores)

1. tractor

Related terms

• traer

Further reading

• “tractor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.