coach
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From 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.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /kəʊtʃ/, SAMPA: /k@UtS/
- Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
- (US) IPA: /koʊtʃ, SAMPA: /koUtS/
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- Rhymes: -oʊtʃ
[edit] Noun
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coach (plural coaches)
A 'bus' coach.
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- (rail transport) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
- A trainer or instructor.
- (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
- (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
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Terms derived from the noun coach
[edit] Translations
wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power
railroad car drawn by a locomotive
trainer
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long distance bus
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[edit] Verb
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to coach (third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)
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sports: train
instruct
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coach
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coach m. inv.
- coach (sports instructor)
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| Inflection for coach | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | coach | coachen | coacher | coacherna |
| Possessive form | coachs | coachens | coachers | coachernas |
coach c.
- coach; a trainer or instructor