coach
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coach
- /kəʊt͡ʃ/ UK
- [kʰəʊ̯t͡ʃ] UK
- /koʊt͡ʃ/ US
- [kʰoʊ̯t͡ʃ] US
Rhymes with -əʊtʃ
Where it comes from
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.
noun coaches
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A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?
Similar: carriage
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A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
Similar: carriage
- A trainer or instructor. football coach
- A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
- The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck. The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.
- 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.
- The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
verb coaches · coaching · coached
- To train.
- To instruct; to train. She has coached many opera stars.
- To study under a tutor.
- To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it). Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters
- To convey in a coach. The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last
adverb
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: four-in-hand, charabanc, carriage, motorcoach, motorbus, autobus, omnibus, jitney, bus, passenger car, double-decker, train, handler, manager, tutor, coach-and-four
Translations
Every language
noun wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage
| Español | coche |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마차 macha |
| 日本語 | 馬車 basha |
| 中文 | 馬車 /马车 mǎchē |
| Português | coche |
| Français | coche |
| Deutsch | Kutsche |
| Italiano | carrozza, vettura, diligenza, cocchio |
| Ελληνικά | πούλμαν poúlman |
| Română | trăsură, caleașcă |
| Русский | пово́зка povózka, каре́та karéta, коля́ска koljáska, экипа́ж ekipáž, дилижа́нс diližáns |
noun rail passenger car
| Español | vagón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 객차 gaekcha |
| 日本語 | 客車 kyakusha |
| 中文 | 車廂 /车厢 chēxiāng |
| हिन्दी | रेलगाड़ी relgāṛī, गाड़ी gāṛī |
| Português | carruagem |
| Français | voiture |
| Deutsch | Wagen |
| Italiano | carrozza ferroviaria, vettura |
| Ελληνικά | βαγόνι vagóni |
| Română | vagon |
| Русский | ваго́н vagón |
| Tiếng Việt | toa |
| العربية | عَرَبَة ʕaraba |
| עברית | קָרוֹן karón, קרון נוסעים karon nosim, קרונות נוסעים kronot nosim |
noun trainer
| Español | entrenador, entrenadora, míster, preparador, coach, couch |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코치 kochi, 트레이너 teureineo |
| 日本語 | コーチ kōchi, トレーナー torēnā |
| 中文 | 教練 /教练 jiàoliàn |
| हिन्दी | प्रशिक्षक praśikṣak, ट्रेनर ṭrenar |
| Kiswahili | mkufunzi, kocha |
| Português | treinador, treinadora, técnico, técnica, coach |
| Français | entraineur, entraineuse |
| Deutsch | Trainer, Trainerin, Coach, Coachin |
| Italiano | allenatore, allenatrice, istruttore, istruttrice, coach |
| Ελληνικά | προπονητής proponitís, προπονήτρια proponítria |
| Română | antrenor, antrenoare, coach |
| Русский | тре́нер tréner, тре́нерша trénerša |
| Tiếng Việt | huấn luyện viên |
| العربية | مُدَرِّب mudarrib, مُدَرِّبَة mudarriba |
| עברית | מאמן \ מְאַמֵּן meamén, מאמנת \ מְאַמֶּנֶת meaménet |
noun long-distance bus
| Español | autocar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 高速バス, コーチ |
| 中文 | 長途汽車 /长途汽车 chángtú qìchē, 客車 /客车 kèchē |
| Português | carreira, autocarro, ônibus, autopullman, autocarro de turismo, ônibus rodoviario |
| Français | autocar |
| Deutsch | Reisebus, Überlandbus, Bus |
| Italiano | corriera, pullman |
| Ελληνικά | υπεραστικό λεωφορείο yperastikó leoforeío |
| Română | autocar |
| Русский | авто́бус avtóbus, автобус дальнего следования avtobus dalʹnevo sledovanija |
| Tiếng Việt | xe khách |
| العربية | حافلة السفر ḥāfila al-safar, حافلة النقل الخارجي ḥāfila al-naql al-khārijī, حافلة النقل المدني ḥāfila al-naql al-madanī, حَافِلَة الْمَسَافَات الْبَعِيدَة ḥāfilat al-masāfāt al-baʕīda |
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