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coach

See also: Coach

English

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A double-decker coach
 
The coach of a train
 
A horse-drawn coach in Japan
 
A tennis coach during a lesson

Etymology

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Borrowed 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.

The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.[1]

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Noun

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coach (plural coaches)

  1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
    Synonym: carriage
  2. (rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
    Synonym: carriage
  4. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
    football coach
    spelling coach
    public coach
    horseriding coach
    politics coach
  5. (British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  6. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  7. (chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
    We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.
  8. (chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

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Descendants

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  • → Czech: kouč
  • → Danish: coach
  • → Dutch: coach
  • → French: coach
  • → German: Coach
  • → Italian: coach
  • → Japanese: コーチ (kōchi)
  • → Korean: 코치 (kochi)
  • → Malay: koc
  • → Polish: coach
  • → Spanish: coach
  • → Swahili: kocha
  • → Swedish: coach

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, sports) To train.
  2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
    She has coached many opera stars.
  3. (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
  4. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
    • 1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men:
      Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters
  5. (transitive) To convey in a coach.

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Adverb

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coach (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US) Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
    John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “coach”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach.

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Noun

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coach m (plural coaches or coachen, diminutive coachje n)

  1. trainer, instructor, tutor, coach
  2. counselor

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach. Doublet of coche.

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coach m (plural coachs)

  1. coach, trainer, instructor

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

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Noun

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coach m (invariable)

  1. coach (sports instructor)

References

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  1. ^ coach in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coach, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi.

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Noun

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coach m pers

  1. (sports) coach, trainer (person who trains another)
  2. (psychology) coach, instructor
    Synonyms: szkoleniowiec, trener

Declension

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Declension of coach
singular plural
nominative coach coachowie/coachy (deprecative)
genitive coacha coachów
dative coachowi coachom
accusative coacha coachów
instrumental coachem coachami
locative coachu coachach
vocative coachu coachowie

Noun

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coach m inan

  1. coachwork

Declension

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Declension of coach
singular plural
nominative coach coache
genitive coachu coachów
dative coachowi coachom
accusative coach coache
instrumental coachem coachami
locative coachu coachach
vocative coachu coache
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adjective
noun

Further reading

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  • coach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

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Noun

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coach m or f (plural coaches)

  1. motivational speaker
  2. life coach (professional who helps clients to achieve their personal goals)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coach. Doublet of coche.

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Noun

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coach m (plural coaches)

  1. (sports) coach

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach.

Noun

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coach c

  1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension

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Declension of coach 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative coach coachen coacher coacherna
Genitive coachs coachens coachers coachernas
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