trainer

See also Trainer, and traîner

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ˈtreɪnə/, X-SAMPA: /"treIn@/
• (US): enPR: trāʹnər, IPA: /ˈtreɪnɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"treIn@`/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

Etymology

to train + -er

Noun

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”, the Guardian:

     It was 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. (UK) A running shoe or sneaker.
3. (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.

4. Attributive form of trainers

Synonyms

• (person who trains another; coach): coach
• (running shoe): takkie (South African English), dap, jogger, plimsoll (UK), runner, sandshoe/sand shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe

Derived terms

• personal trainer

Related terms

• train

Translations

person who trains another; coach

• Arabic: مدرب (ar) (mudarrib) m, ممرن (ar) (mumarrin) m
• Armenian: մարզիչ (hy) (marzičʿ)
• Catalan: entrenador (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: trenér (cs) m
• Dutch: trainer (nl) m, trainster (nl) f
• Finnish: valmentaja, kouluttaja, harjoittaja (fi)
• French: entraîneur (fr) m
• Georgian: მწვრთნელი (ka) (mts'vrtneli) m

• German: Trainer (de) m
• Greek: εκπαιδευτής (el) (ekpaideftís) m
• Hebrew: מאלף (he) (m'aleif)
• Hungarian: tréner (hu), edző (hu)
• Italian: allenatore (it) m
• Japanese: トレーナー (ja) (torēnā), コーチ (ja) (kōchi)
• Korean: 트레이너 (ko) (teureineo), 코치 (ko) (kochi)
• Russian: тренер (ru) (tréner) m
• Spanish: entrenador (es) m, amaestrador (es) m
• Swedish: tränare (sv)

running shoe

• Finnish: juoksukenkä (fi), lenkkitossu (fi), lenkkari (fi)
• French: basket (fr) f
• Hungarian: tornacipő (hu)
• Jèrriais: traîneur m

• Russian: кроссовка (ru) (krossóvka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: bròg-chleasachd (gd) f
• Spanish: tenis (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 教練員, 教练员
• German: Trainer (de) m

• Telugu: శిక్షకుడు (te) (SikshakuDu)

Anagrams

• retrain, terrain

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Dutch

Noun

trainer m, f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje)

1. trainer
2. coach

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French

Verb

trainer

1. Alternative spelling of traîner.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trainer			avoir trainé
gerund		en trainant			en ayant trainé
present participle		trainant
past participle		trainé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	traine	traines	traine	trainons	trainez	trainent
	imperfect	trainais	trainais	trainait	trainions	trainiez	trainaient
	past historic1	trainai	trainas	traina	trainâmes	trainâtes	trainèrent
	future	trainerai	traineras	trainera	trainerons	trainerez	traineront
	conditional	trainerais	trainerais	trainerait	trainerions	traineriez	traineraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	traine	traines	traine	trainions	trainiez	trainent
	imperfect1	trainasse	trainasses	trainât	trainassions	trainassiez	trainassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	traine	—	trainons	trainez	—
1literary tenses

Usage notes

• This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, terrain