Coach - Wiktionary

See also: Coach

English

[edit] A double-decker coachThe coach of a trainA horse-drawn coach in JapanA 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]

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊtʃ/, [kʰəʊ̯tʃ]
• (US) IPA(key): /koʊt͡ʃ/, [kʰoʊ̯t͡ʃ]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Noun

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coach (plural coaches)

1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse. Synonym: carriage
   • 1989 February 12, Jennifer Justice, “A Night At The Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 9:I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?
2. (rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. Synonym: carriage
3. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor. football coach spelling coach public coach horseriding coach politics coach
4. (British, Australia) A 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.
   • 1660 May 13 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 3rd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC:The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.
6. (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.
7. (chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Derived terms

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• accommodation coach
• aircoach
• autocoach
• baby coach
• camping coach
• coach and four
• coach and horses
• coach bolt
• coach box
• coachbox
• coachbuilder
• coachbuilding
• coach-built, coachbuilt
• coach dog
• coachdog
• coach driver
• coacher
• coachfellow
• coachful
• coach gun
• coachhood
• coach horn
• coachhorse
• coach horse
• coach house
• coach inn
• coach killer
• coach lamp
• coachless
• coachlet
• coachlike
• coachline
• coachload
• coachmaker
• coachmaking
• coachman
• coachmark
• coachmaster
• coachmate
• coach-office
• coach roof
• coach screw
• coachsmith
• coachspeak
• coachstand
• coach up
• coachwheel
• coachwhip (Fouquieria splendens)
• coachwoman
• coachwood
• coachwork
• coachwright
• coachyard
• dating coach
• daycoach
• devil's coach-horse
• drive a coach and horses through
• drive a coach and six through
• encoach
• get-back coach
• glass coach
• head coach
• life coach
• lozenge coach
• mailcoach
• motorcoach
• motor-coach
• motor coach
• quiet coach
• roach coach
• rural coach
• slip coach
• slowcoach
• slumbercoach, slumber coach
• stage-coach
• stagecoach
• supercoach
• who's robbing this coach

Related terms

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• coachee

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

Translations

[edit] wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage

Armenian: կառք (hy) (kaṙkʻ) Belarusian: паво́зка f (pavózka), воз (be) m (voz), карэ́та f (karéta), экіпа́ж m (ekipáž) Bulgarian: по́щенска кола́ f (póštenska kolá) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬車 / 马车 (zh) (mǎchē) Czech: kočár (cs) m Danish: personvogn c Dutch: koets (nl) c Esperanto: ĉaro Finnish: vaunut (fi) French: coche (fr) m German: Kutsche (de) f Greek: πούλμαν (el) n (poúlman) Gujarati: કોચ n (koc) Hungarian: hintó (hu), kocsi (hu), szekér (hu) Irish: cóiste m, carráiste m Italian: carrozza (it) f, vettura (it) f, diligenza (it) f, cocchio (it) m Japanese: 馬車 (ja) (ばしゃ, basha) Korean: 마차(馬車) (ko) (macha) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: erebe (ku) f, erebane (ku) f Latin: carrūca f, raeda f Latvian: kariete (lv) f, rati (lv) m pl Macedonian: кочија f (kočija) Malay: koc, gerabak (ms) Māori: koti Norman: cârrosse f Persian: کالسکه (fa) (kâleske) Polish: powóz (pl) m, kareta (pl) f Portuguese: coche (pt) m Romanian: trăsură (ro) f, caleașcă (ro) f Russian: пово́зка (ru) f (povózka), каре́та (ru) f (karéta), коля́ска (ru) f (koljáska), экипа́ж (ru) m (ekipáž), дилижа́нс (ru) m (diližáns) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ко̀чија f Latin: kòčija (sh) f Slovene: kočija (sl) f Spanish: coche (es) m Swedish: skjuts (sv), diligens (sv) Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: قاروچه (karoça) Ukrainian: пово́зка f (povózka), екіпа́ж m (ekipáž), по́віз m (póviz) (old)

rail passenger car

Arabic: عَرَبَة f (ʕaraba) Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon) Assamese: দবা (doba) Belarusian: ваго́н (be) m (vahón) Bulgarian: ваго́н (bg) m (vagón) Chinese: Mandarin: 車廂 / 车厢 (zh) (chēxiāng) Czech: vagón (cs) m Danish: passagervogn c Esperanto: ĉaro, pulmano Finnish: vaunu (fi) French: voiture (fr) f German: Wagen (de) m Greek: βαγόνι (el) n (vagóni) Hebrew: קָרוֹן (he) m (karon), קרון נוסעים m (karon nosim), קרונות נוסעים m pl (kronot nosim) Hindi: रेलगाड़ी f (relgāṛī), गाड़ी (hi) f (gāṛī) Hungarian: vagon (hu), kocsi (hu) Icelandic: vagn (is) m, rúta (is) Indonesian: gerbong (id) Irish: carráiste m Italian: carrozza ferroviaria f, vettura (it) f Japanese: 客車 (ja) (きゃくしゃ, kyakusha) Khmer: វ៉ាហ្គុង (vaagung), ទូរទេះភ្លើង (tuu rɔteh phləəng) Korean: 객차(客車) (ko) (gaekcha) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: vagon (ku) f Macedonian: вагон (mk) m (vagon) Malay: koc, gerabak (ms), gerbong Norwegian: Bokmål: vogn m or f Nynorsk: vogn f Persian: واگن (fa) (vâgon) Polish: wagon (pl) m Portuguese: carruagem (pt) f Romanian: vagon (ro) n Russian: ваго́н (ru) m (vagón) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ва̀го̄н m Latin: vàgōn (sh) m Slovak: vagón m Slovene: vagon m Spanish: vagón (es) m Swedish: vagn (sv) Thai: ตู้รถไฟ (dtûu-rót-fai) Ukrainian: ваго́н (uk) m (vahón)

trainer

Albanian: trajner (sq) m Arabic: مُدَرِّب (ar) m (mudarrib), مُدَرِّبَة f (mudarriba) Armenian: մարզիչ (hy) (marzičʻ) Assamese: প্ৰশিক্ষক (proxikhok) Azerbaijani: məşqçi (az) Belarusian: трэ́нер m (trénjer), трэ́нерка f (trénjerka), трэ́нэр m (tréner), трэ́нэрка f (trénerka) Bulgarian: треньо́р m (trenjór), треньо́рка f (trenjórka) Catalan: entrenador (ca) m, entrenadora (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 教練 / 教练 (zh) (jiàoliàn) Czech: trenér (cs) m, trenérka (cs) f, kouč (cs) m Danish: træner (da) c Dutch: coach (nl) m, trainer (nl) m, trainster (nl) f Esperanto: trejnisto Estonian: treener Finnish: valmentaja (fi) French: entraineur (fr) m, entraineuse (fr) f Galician: adestrador (gl) m, adestradora f Georgian: მწვრთნელი (mc̣vrtneli) German: Trainer (de) m, Trainerin (de) f, Coach (de) m, Coachin f Greek: προπονητής (el) m (proponitís), προπονήτρια (el) f (proponítria) Hebrew: מאמן \ מְאַמֵּן (he) m (meamén), מאמנת \ מְאַמֶּנֶת f (meaménet) Hindi: प्रशिक्षक m (praśikṣak) Hungarian: edző (hu), tréner (hu) Icelandic: þjálfari m Indonesian: pelatih (id) Irish: cóitseálaí m, traenálaí m Italian: allenatore (it) m, allenatrice f, istruttore (it) m, istruttrice (it) f, coach (it) m Japanese: コーチ (ja) (kōchi), トレーナー (ja) (torēnā) Kazakh: бапкер (bapker), жаттықтырушы (jattyqtyruşy) Khmer: គ្រូបង្វឹក (kruu bɑngvək) Korean: 코치 (ko) (kochi), 트레이너 (teureineo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rahêner (ku) m or f, antrenor (ku) m or f Kyrgyz: тренер (ky) (trener) Latin: exercitor m Latvian: treneris m Lithuanian: treneris m, trenerė f Macedonian: тренер m (trener), тренерка f (trenerka) Malay: koc, jurulatih (ms) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сургагч (mn) (surgagč) Norwegian: Bokmål: trener (no) m Nynorsk: trenar m Persian: مربی (fa) (morabi) Polish: trener (pl) m, trenerka (pl) f Portuguese: treinador (pt) m, treinadora f, técnico (pt) m, técnica (pt) f, coach (pt) m Romanian: antrenor (ro) m, antrenoare (ro) f, coach (ro) m Russian: тре́нер (ru) m (tréner) (male or female), тре́нерша (ru) f (trénerša) (the female form is colloquial) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тре́нер m Latin: tréner (sh) m Slovak: tréner m, trénerka f Slovene: trener (sl) m, trenerka f Spanish: entrenador (es) m, entrenadora (es) f, míster (es) m, preparador m, coach m or f, couch (es) c (United States), técnico (es) m Swahili: mkufunzi (sw), kocha (sw) Swedish: tränare (sv) c, coach (sv) c Tajik: тренер (trener) Thai: ครูฝึก (kruu-fʉ̀k), โค้ช (th) (kóot), ผู้สอน (pûu-sɔ̌ɔn), ผู้ฝึกสอน (pûu-fʉ̀k-sɔ̌ɔn) Turkish: koç (tr), antrenör (tr) Turkmen: trener Ukrainian: тре́нер m (tréner), тре́нерка f (trénerka) Uzbek: trener (uz) Vietnamese: huấn luyện viên (vi) Walloon: etrinneu (wa) m, etrinnresse f

long-distance bus

Arabic: حافلة السفر f (ḥāfila al-safar), حافلة النقل الخارجي f (ḥāfila al-naql al-khārijī), حافلة النقل المدني f (ḥāfila al-naql al-madanī), حَافِلَة الْمَسَافَات الْبَعِيدَة f (ḥāfilat al-masāfāt al-baʕīda) Breton: karr-boutin (br) m Catalan: autocar (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 長途巴士 / 长途巴士 (coeng4 tou4 baa1 si6-2) Mandarin: 長途汽車 / 长途汽车 (zh) (chángtú qìchē), 客車 / 客车 (zh) (kèchē) Wu: 客车 Danish: rutebil (da) c Dutch: touringcar (nl) c, reisbus (nl) m, snelbus (nl) m (public transport) Esperanto: aŭtoĉaro Finnish: bussi (fi), linja-auto (fi) French: autocar (fr) m German: Reisebus (de) m, Überlandbus (de) m, Bus (de) m Greek: υπεραστικό λεωφορείο n (yperastikó leoforeío) Hungarian: távolsági autóbusz (hu), távolsági busz Indonesian: bus jarak jauh, bus besar Irish: bus m Italian: corriera (it) f, pullman (it) Japanese: 高速バス (ja), コーチ (ja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: otobûs (ku) f Malay: koc Norwegian: Bokmål: turbuss m, langdistansebuss m Nynorsk: turbuss m, langdistansebuss m Polish: autokar (pl) Portuguese: carreira (pt) f, autocarro (pt) m, ônibus (pt) m, autopullman m, autocarro de turismo, ônibus rodoviario m Romanian: autocar (ro) n Russian: авто́бус (ru) m (avtóbus), автобус дальнего следования m (avtobus dalʹnevo sledovanija) Spanish: autocar m Swedish: buss (sv), långfärdsbuss (sv) Tamil: கோச் (kōc) Thai: รถโค้ช (rót-kóot) Turkish: şehirlerarası otobüs sg Ukrainian: авто́бус (uk) m (avtóbus), автобус далекого прямування m (avtobus dalekoho prjamuvannja) Vietnamese: xe khách (vi)

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Slovak: (please verify) koč

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.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC: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

Derived terms

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• coachable
• outcoach
• overcoach
• recoach
• uncoach

Descendants

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• → Dutch: coachen

Translations

[edit] sports: train

Bulgarian: тренирам (bg) (treniram) Czech: trénovat (cs) Dutch: coachen (nl), trainen (nl) Finnish: valmentaa (fi) French: entraîner (fr), entrainer (fr), coacher (fr) German: trainieren (de) Greek: προπονώ (el) (proponó) Hebrew: אימן (imén) Hungarian: edz (hu), treníroz (hu) Italian: allenare (it), addestrare (it) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rahênan (ku) Macedonian: трени́ра (treníra) Polish: trenować (pl) impf Portuguese: treinar (pt) Romanian: antrena (ro) Slovak: trénovať Slovene: trenirati Spanish: entrenar (es), cochear (es) (Latin America), cochar (Central America) Swedish: träna (sv), coacha (sv)

instruct

Dutch: opleiden (nl) French: instruire (fr) German: ausbilden (de) Hungarian: oktat (hu), képez (hu), tanít (hu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rahênan (ku), fêr kirin (ku) Macedonian: трени́ра (treníra) Romanian: instrui (ro)

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.

Derived terms

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• coachability

References

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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “coach”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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• Cacho, Chaco, chaco

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /koːtʃ/
• (Belgium) IPA(key): [koːtʃ]
• (Netherlands) IPA(key): [koʊ̯tʃ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: coach

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

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• bondscoach
• coachen

Related terms

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• koets

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach. Doublet of coche.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kovtʃ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

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coach m (plural coachs)

1. coach, trainer, instructor

Derived terms

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• coacher

Further reading

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• “coach”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

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• cocha

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈkot͡ʃ/, /ˈkɔt͡ʃ/[1]
• Rhymes: -otʃ, -ɔtʃ

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:coachWikipedia pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈkɔwt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔwt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: coach

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

Related terms

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• coachingowy

noun

• coaching

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.

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w)t͡ʃ/ [ˈko(ʊ̯)t͡ʃ], /ˈko(w).t͡ʃi/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w)t͡ʃ/ [ˈko(ʊ̯)t͡ʃ], /ˈko(w).t͡ʃi/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w)t͡ʃ/ [ˈko(ʊ̯)t͡ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko(w)t͡ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko(w)t͡ʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkowt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkot͡ʃ/

• Rhymes: -owtʃi, -otʃi, -otʃ

Noun

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coach m or f by sense (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.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈkout͡ʃ/ [ˈkou̯t͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -outʃ
• Syllabification: coach

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.

Further reading

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• “coach”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “coach”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coach. First attested in 1962.

Noun

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coach c

1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension

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nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	coach	coachs
	definite	coachen	coachens
plural	indefinite	coacher	coachers
	definite	coacherna	coachernas

Further reading

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• “coach”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)