coach

Signification

Noun

1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
2. A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
3. A trainer or instructor.
4. A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
5. The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
6. The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
7. The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Verb

1. To train.
2. To instruct; to train.
3. To study under a tutor.
4. To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
5. To convey in a coach.

Adv

Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəʊtʃ/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

DeBerry was promoted to head coach .

DeBerry a été promu entraîneur-chef.