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trainer

See also: Trainer, traîner, and traïner

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EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

train +‎ -er

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK): IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪnə/
  • (US): enPR: trāʹnər, IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/
  • Audio (AU)
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  • Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)

NounEdit

trainer (plural trainers)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (Britain) A running shoe or sneaker.
  4. (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.
  5. (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
  6. attributive form of trainers
    There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.

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TranslationsEdit

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)

  1. trainer
  2. coach

FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

trainer

  1. Alternative spelling of traîner

Usage notesEdit

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle trainant
/tʁɛ.nɑ̃/
past participle trainé
/tʁɛ.ne/
infinitive
simple trainer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple trainant
/tʁɛ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with 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).

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AnagramsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • trahiner
  • traïner (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trahō, trahere (“I pull”).

VerbEdit

trainer

  1. 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

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
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 —

DescendantsEdit

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