Wiktionary

coach

See also: Coach

English edit

 
A double-decker coach
 
The coach of a train
 
A horse-drawn coach in Japan
 
A tennis coach during a lesson

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest.

The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊtʃ/, [kʰəʊ̯tʃ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊt͡ʃ/, [kʰoʊ̯t͡ʃ]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Noun edit

coach (plural coaches)

  1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
    Synonym: carriage
  2. (rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
    Synonym: carriage
  4. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
  5. (British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  6. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  7. (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.
  8. (chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

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Descendants edit

  • → Czech: kouč
  • → Danish: coach
  • → Dutch: coach
  • → French: coach
  • → German: Coach
  • → Italian: coach
  • → Japanese: コーチ (kōchi)
  • → Korean: 코치 (kochi)
  • → Malay: koc
  • → Polish: coach
  • → Spanish: coach
  • → Swahili: kocha
  • → Swedish: coach

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Verb edit

coach (third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)

  1. (intransitive, sports) To train.
  2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
    She has coached many opera stars.
  3. (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
  4. (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
  5. (transitive) To convey in a coach.

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Adverb edit

coach (not comparable)

  1. (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.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “coach”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English coach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

coach m (plural coaches or coachen, diminutive coachje n)

  1. trainer, instructor, tutor, coach
  2. counselor

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English coach. Doublet of coche.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

coach m (plural coachs)

  1. coach, trainer, instructor

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Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

coach m (invariable)

  1. coach (sports instructor)

References edit

  1. ^ coach in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English coach, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

coach m pers

  1. (sports) coach, trainer (person who trains another)
  2. (psychology) coach, instructor
    Synonyms: szkoleniowiec, trener

Declension edit

Declension of coach
singular plural
nominative coach coachowie/coachy (deprecative)
genitive coacha coachów
dative coachowi coachom
accusative coacha coachów
instrumental coachem coachami
locative coachu coachach
vocative coachu coachowie

Noun edit

coach m inan

  1. coachwork

Declension edit

Declension of coach
singular plural
nominative coach coache
genitive coachu coachów
dative coachowi coachom
accusative coach coache
instrumental coachem coachami
locative coachu coachach
vocative coachu coache

Related terms edit

adjective
noun

Further reading edit

  • coach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

coach m or f (plural coaches)

  1. motivational speaker
  2. life coach (professional who helps clients to achieve their personal goals)

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English coach. Doublet of coche.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

coach m (plural coaches)

  1. (sports) coach

Usage notes edit

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English coach.

Noun edit

coach c

  1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension edit

Declension of coach 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative coach coachen coacher coacherna
Genitive coachs coachens coachers coachernas
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