trainer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK): IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪnə/
- (US): enPR: trāʹnər, IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
NounEdit
trainer (plural trainers)
- A person who trains another; a coach.
- 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
- It was [Roger] Federer’s ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in those legs and he should not have been allowed the luxury of his trainer’s help.
- (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
- 2009, Garth Dykes, Nelson FC in the Football League, page 22:
- He served Nelson wholeheartedly as a player, coach and trainer in a lengthy association, the highlights being his involvement in two championship-winning sides.
- (Britain) A running shoe or sneaker.
- (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
- 2000, "Phil", I need trainer for version 1.10.021 (on newsgroup alt.games.rctycoon)
- I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.
- 2001, "LJames4728", Good C64 Game Sites? (on newsgroup alt.c64)
- Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.
- 2000, "Phil", I need trainer for version 1.10.021 (on newsgroup alt.games.rctycoon)
- (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
- attributive form of trainers
- There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.
SynonymsEdit
- (person who trains another; coach): coach
- (running shoe): dap (UK), plimsoll (UK), running shoe, tennis shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
person who trains another; coach
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running shoe
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AnagramsEdit
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PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)
FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
trainer
- Alternative spelling of traîner
Usage notesEdit
- This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | trainer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | trainant /tʁɛ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | trainé /tʁɛ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | traine /tʁɛn/ |
traines /tʁɛn/ |
traine /tʁɛn/ |
trainons /tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
trainez /tʁɛ.ne/ |
trainent /tʁɛn/ |
imperfect | trainais /tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
trainais /tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
trainait /tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
trainions /tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
trainiez /tʁɛ.nje/ |
trainaient /tʁɛ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | trainai /tʁɛ.ne/ |
trainas /tʁɛ.na/ |
traina /tʁɛ.na/ |
trainâmes /tʁɛ.nam/ |
trainâtes /tʁɛ.nat/ |
trainèrent /tʁɛ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | trainerai /tʁɛn.ʁe/ |
traineras /tʁɛn.ʁa/ |
trainera /tʁɛn.ʁa/ |
trainerons /tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
trainerez /tʁɛn.ʁe/ |
traineront /tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | trainerais /tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
trainerais /tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
trainerait /tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
trainerions /tʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
traineriez /tʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
traineraient /tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | traine /tʁɛn/ |
traines /tʁɛn/ |
traine /tʁɛn/ |
trainions /tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
trainiez /tʁɛ.nje/ |
trainent /tʁɛn/ |
imperfect2 | trainasse /tʁɛ.nas/ |
trainasses /tʁɛ.nas/ |
trainât /tʁɛ.na/ |
trainassions /tʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
trainassiez /tʁɛ.na.sje/ |
trainassent /tʁɛ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | traine /tʁɛn/ |
— | trainons /tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
trainez /tʁɛ.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further readingEdit
- “trainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trahō, trahere (“I pull”).
VerbEdit
trainer
- to drag
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
- li rois antor le chastel fait
traïner à .IIII. chevax
les traïtors parmi les vax- the king ordered that
the traitors be dragged by four horses
around the castle, among the valleys
- the king ordered that
ConjugationEdit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | trainer | avoir trainé | |||||
gerund | en trainant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | trainant | ||||||
past participle | trainé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | train | traines | traine | trainons | trainez | trainent |
imperfect | trainoie, traineie, trainoe, traineve | trainoies, traineies, trainoes, traineves | trainoit, traineit, trainot, traineve | trainiiens, trainiens | trainiiez, trainiez | trainoient, traineient, trainoent, trainevent | |
preterite | trainai | trainas | traina | trainames | trainastes | trainerent | |
future | trainerai | traineras | trainera | trainerons | traineroiz, trainereiz, trainerez | traineront | |
conditional | traineroie, trainereie | traineroies, trainereies | traineroit, trainereit | traineriiens, traineriens | traineriiez, traineriez | traineroient, trainereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | train | trains | traint | trainons | trainez | trainent |
imperfect | trainasse | trainasses | trainast | trainissons, trainissiens | trainissoiz, trainissez, trainissiez | trainassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | traine | — | trainons | trainez | — |