coach
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi.
The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c.
Pronunciation Nouncoach (plural coaches)
- A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
- Synonyms: carriage
- (rail, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
- Synonyms: carriage
(originally, Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor. - football coach
- spelling coach
- public coach
- horseriding coach
- politics coach
- (British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
- (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
- Error: invalid time (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 3rd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC ↗:
- The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.
- (chiefly, US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
- We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.
- (chiefly, US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
- French: coche
- German: Kutsche
- Italian: carrozza, vettura, diligenza, cocchio
- Portuguese: coche
- Russian: пово́зка
- Spanish: coche
- French: voiture
- German: Wagen
- Italian: carrozza ferroviaria, vettura
- Portuguese: carruagem
- Russian: ваго́н
- Spanish: vagón
- French: entraineur, entraineuse
- German: Trainer, Trainerin, Coach, Coachin
- Italian: allenatore, allenatrice, istruttore, istruttrice, coach
- Portuguese: treinador, treinadora, técnico, técnica, coach
- Russian: тре́нер
- Spanish: entrenador, entrenadora
- French: autocar
- German: Reisebus, Überlandbus, Bus
- Italian: corriera, pullman
- Portuguese: carreira, autocarro, ônibus, autopullman, autocarro de turismo, ônibus rodoviario
- Russian: авто́бус
- Spanish: autocar
coach (coaches, present participle coaching; simple past and past participle coached)
- (intransitive, sports) To train.
- (transitive) To instruct; to train.
- She has coached many opera stars.
- (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
- (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
- 1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men:
- Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters
- (transitive) To convey in a coach.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC ↗:
- The needy poet sticks to all he meets,
Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast.
And carried off in some dog's tail at last
- French: entraîner, entrainer, coacher
- German: trainieren
- Italian: allenare, addestrare
- Portuguese: treinar
- Spanish: entrenar
coach (not comparable)
- (chiefly, US) Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
- John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.
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