coach

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

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[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

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coach (plural coaches)

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. (British) 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.

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

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

1. (sports) To train.
2. To instruct.

   She has coached many opera stars.

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English (confer supra)

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coach

1. trainer, instructor
2. counselor

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English

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coach m. inv.

1. coach (sports instructor)

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Inflection for coach	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	coach	coachen	coacher	coacherna
Possessive form	coachs	coachens	coachers	coachernas

coach c.

1. coach; a trainer or instructor