coach
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /kəʊtʃ/, [kʰəʊtʃ], X-SAMPA: /k@UtS/, [k_h@UtS]
- Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
- (US) IPA: /koʊtʃ, [kʰoʊtʃ], X-SAMPA: /koUtS/, [k_hoUtS]
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -oʊtʃ
Noun [edit]
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.
- (UK) 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.
- That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
- John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun coach
Translations [edit]
wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power
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railroad car drawn by a locomotive
trainer
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long distance bus
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Verb [edit]
coach (third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)
- (sports) To train.
- (transitive) To instruct; to train.
- She has coached many opera stars.
- (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
- E. Waterhouse
- Coaching it to all quarters.
- E. Waterhouse
- (transitive) To convey in a coach.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
sports: train
instruct
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /koːtʃ/
- (Belgium) IPA: [koːtʃ]
- (Netherlands) IPA: [koʊ̯tʃ]
Etymology [edit]
English, see above
Noun [edit]
coach m (plural coaches, diminutive coachje)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English
Noun [edit]
coach m (plural coachs)
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Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English
Noun [edit]
coach m (invariable)
- coach (sports instructor)
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
coach c
- coach; a trainer or instructor
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Hungarian
- English nouns
- en:Rail transportation
- British English
- en:Nautical
- English verbs
- en:Sports
- en:Occupations
- en:Vehicles
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch nouns
- French terms derived from English
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian nouns
- Swedish nouns