soigneur
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French soigneur (“non-riding member of a cycling team; physiotherapist; trainer”), from soigner (“to look after, take care of; to nurse, treat”)[1] + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Soigner is derived from soin (“care”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“care, responsibility; sooth, truth”), from *sunjaz (“real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, the active participle of *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es- (“to be”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of soigné.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swʌnˈjɜː/, /swɑː-/, /swæ-/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /swʌnˈjɝ/, /swɑ-/, /swæ-/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: soign‧eur
Noun edit
soigneur (plural soigneurs)
- (cycle racing) A non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support (such as massages, supplies, and transportation) for the cyclists.
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References edit
- ^ “soigneur, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “soigneur, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- cycling team on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French soigneur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soigneur m (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide], feminine soigneuse)
French edit
Etymology edit
From soigner (“to look after, take care of; to nurse, treat”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Soigner is derived from soin (“care”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“care, responsibility; sooth, truth”), from *sunjaz (“real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, the active participle of *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es- (“to be”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soigneur m (plural soigneurs, feminine soigneuse)
Further reading edit
- “soigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.