coach

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəʊtʃ/, [kʰəʊtʃ], X-SAMPA: /k@UtS/, [k_h@UtS]
• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
• (US) IPA: /koʊtʃ, [kʰoʊtʃ], X-SAMPA: /koUtS/, [k_hoUtS]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -oʊtʃ

Noun

coach (plural coaches)

A 'bus' coach.

1. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
2. (rail transport) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
3. A trainer or instructor.
4. (UK) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
5. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
6. That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.

   John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

Synonyms

• (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power): carriage
• (railroad car drawn by a locomotive): carriage

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun coach

coachable coach and horses coachbuilder coach dog coacher coach horse coach lamp coachman

coachmaster coach roof coachwork head coach life coach roach coach slip coach stagecoach

Translations

wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power

• Armenian: կառք (hy) (kaṙk’)
• Bulgarian: пощенска кола (bg) (poštenska kola)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬車 (cmn), 马车 (cmn) (mǎchē)

• Czech: kočár (cs) m
• Dutch: koets (nl) c
• Finnish: vaunut (fi)
• French: coche (fr) m
• German: Kutsche (de) f
• Greek: πούλμαν (el) (poúlman) n
• Hungarian: hintó (hu), kocsi (hu)
• Italian: carrozza (it) f, vettura (it) f, diligenza (it) f

• Japanese: 馬車 (ja) (ばしゃ, basha)
• Kurdish: erebe (ku) f, erebane (ku) f
• Latvian: kariete (lv) f, rati (lv) m pl
• Macedonian: кочија (mk) (kóčija) f
• Malay: koc (ms)
• Portuguese: coche (pt) m, coches (pt) pl
• Russian: повозка (ru) (povózka) f, карета (ru) (karéta) f, коляска (ru) (koljáska) f, экипаж (ru) (equipáž) m, дилижанс (ru) (diližáns) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кочија (sh) f

  Roman: kòčija (sh) f

• Slovene: kočija (sl) f
• Spanish: coche (es) m
• Swedish: skjuts (sv), diligens (sv)

railroad car drawn by a locomotive

• Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon)
• Bulgarian: вагон (bg) (vagon) m, вагон (bg) (vagon) m
• Finnish: vaunu (fi)
• French: voiture (fr) f
• German: Wagen (de) m
• Hungarian: vagon (hu)
• Italian: carrozza ferroviaria (it) f, vettura (it) f
• Kurdish: vagon (ku) f

• Macedonian: вагон (mk) (vagón) m
• Norwegian: vogn (no) m and f
• Portuguese: carruagem (pt) f
• Russian: вагон (ru) (vagón) m
• Slovene: vagon (sl) m
• Spanish: vagón (es) m
• Swedish: vagn (sv)

trainer

• Arabic: مدرب (ar) (mudarrib) m, ممرن (ar) (mumarrin) m
• Armenian: մարզիչ (hy) (marzič)
• Bulgarian: треньор (bg) (trenjor) m
• Catalan: entrenador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教練 (cmn), 教练 (cmn) (jiàoliàn)

• Czech: trenér (cs) m, kouč (cs) m
• Dutch: coach (nl), trainer (nl) m
• Finnish: valmentaja (fi)
• French: entraîneur (fr) m
• German: Trainer (de) m
• Galician: adestrador (gl) m
• Hebrew: מאמן (me'amen) m, מאמנת (me'amenet) f
• Hungarian: edző (hu)
• Italian: allenatore (it) m, istruttore (it) m, coach (it)

• Japanese: コーチ (ja) (kōchi), トレーナー (ja) (torēnā)
• Korean: 코치 (ko) (kochi), 트레이너 (ko) (teureineo)
• Kurdish: rahêner (ku) m / f, antrenor (ku) m / f
• Macedonian: тренер (mk) (tréner) m
• Malay: koc (ms)
• Norwegian: trener (no) m
• Polish: trener (pl) m
• Portuguese: treinador m, técnico
• Russian: тренер (ru) (tréner) m
• Slovak: tréner (sk) m
• Slovene: trener m, trenerka f
• Spanish: entrenador (es) m, entrenadora (es) f
• Swahili: mkufunzi (sw), kocha (sw)
• Swedish: tränare (sv), coach (sv)
• Turkish: koç (tr)

long distance bus

• Catalan: autocar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長途汽車 (cmn), 长途汽车 (cmn) (chángtú qìchē)

• Finnish: bussi (fi), linja-auto (fi)
• German: Reisebus m, Überlandbus m, Bus m
• Hungarian: távolsági autóbusz (hu), távolsági busz (hu)
• Italian: corriera (it) f

• Kurdish: otobûs (ku) f
• Polish: autokar (pl)
• Portuguese: carreira (pt) f, autocarro (pt) m
• Russian: автобус (ru) (avtóbus) m
• Spanish: autocar (es) m
• Swedish: buss (sv), långfärdsbuss (sv)

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• Slovak: koč

Verb

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

1. (sports) To train.
2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.

   She has coached many opera stars.

3. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
   • E. Waterhouse

     Coaching it to all quarters.

4. (transitive) To convey in a coach.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

Derived terms

• coachability

Translations

sports: train

• Bulgarian: тренирам (bg) (treniram)
• Czech: trénovat (cs)
• Dutch: coachen (nl), trainen (nl)
• Finnish: valmentaa (fi)
• French: entraîner (fr), entrainer (fr)
• German: trainieren (de)
• Hebrew: אימן (he) (imén)
• Italian: allenare (it), addestrare (it)
• Kurdish: rahênan (ku)

• Macedonian: тренира (mk) (treníra)
• Polish: trrenować (pl)
• Portuguese: treinar (pt)
• Slovak: trénovať
• Slovene: trenirati (sl)
• Spanish: entrenar (es)
• Swahili: kocha (sw)
• Swedish: träna (sv), coacha (sv)

instruct

• Dutch: opleiden (nl)
• German: ausbilden (de)
• Kurdish: rahênan (ku), fêr kirin (ku)

• Macedonian: тренира (mk) (treníra)
• Swahili: kocha (sw)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /koːtʃ/
• (Belgium) IPA: [koːtʃ]
• (Netherlands) IPA: [koʊ̯tʃ]

Etymology

English, see above

Noun

coach m (plural coaches, diminutive coachje)

1. trainer, instructor
2. counselor

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

coach m (plural coachs)

1. coach, trainer, instructor

Derived terms

• coacher

Anagrams

• cocha

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

coach m (invariable)

1. coach (sports instructor)

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Swedish

Noun

coach c

1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension

Declension of coach

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	coach	coachen	coacher	coacherna
genitive	coachs	coachens	coachers	coachernas