Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti
Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō
Latin *quoquō
Latin coquō
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Archaic Latin -os
Latin -us
Late Latin coquusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kok
Old High German choch
Middle High German koch
German Kochbor.
Hungarian Koch
Hungarian Kocs
Hungarian kocsibor.
German Kutschebor.
Middle French cochebor.
English coach
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.
Meanings
(US, not-comparable) 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.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti
Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō
Latin *quoquō
Latin coquō
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Archaic Latin -os
Latin -us
Late Latin coquusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kok
Old High German choch
Middle High German koch
German Kochbor.
Hungarian Koch
Hungarian Kocs
Hungarian kocsibor.
German Kutschebor.
Middle French cochebor.
English coach
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.
Meanings
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? 1989 February 12, Jennifer Justice, “A Night At The Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 9:
(Australia, UK) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
A trainer or instructor.
spelling coach
politics coach
public coach
football coach
horseriding coach
(Australia, UK) 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. 1660 May 12 (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:
(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.
(US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
ro antrenoare (trainer) · sk trénerka (trainer) · ga carráiste (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · it allenatore (trainer) · bg треньо́рка (trainer) · el προπονητής (trainer) · ar حَافِلَة الْمَسَافَات الْبَعِيدَة (long-distance bus) · nb vogn (rail passenger car) · br karr-boutin (long-distance bus) · eo ĉaro (rail passenger car) · sv långfärdsbuss (long-distance bus) · km ទូរទេះភ្លើង (rail passenger car) · it istruttrice (trainer) · es míster (trainer) · ta கோச் (long-distance bus) · nl trainster (trainer) · hu hintó (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · nl reisbus (long-distance bus) · sl kočija (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · th ครูฝึก (trainer) · cmn 長途汽車 /长途汽车 (long-distance bus) · lv vagons (rail passenger car) · ka ვაგონი (rail passenger car) · hu kocsi (rail passenger car) · ru автобус дальнего следования (long-distance bus) · be паво́зка (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ga cóitseálaí (trainer) · he קרון נוסעים (rail passenger car) · es autocar (long-distance bus) · uk автобус далекого прямування (long-distance bus) · it carrozza ferroviaria (rail passenger car) · ko 트레이너 (trainer) · sv buss (long-distance bus) · uk тре́нерка (trainer) · ro caleașcă (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · is þjálfari (trainer) · km គ្រូបង្វឹក (trainer) · bg ваго́н (rail passenger car) · be трэ́нер (trainer) · ar مُدَرِّبَة (trainer) · cs trenér (trainer) · la raeda (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · tg тренер (trainer) · es coche (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · kk вагон (rail passenger car) · el πούλμαν (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · da passagervogn (rail passenger car) · it vettura (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · tr koç (trainer) · ru дилижа́нс (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · pt autocarro de turismo (long-distance bus) · wa etrinnresse (trainer) · sw kocha (trainer) · vi toa (rail passenger car) · ga cóiste (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · sh kòčija (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ps واګون (rail passenger car) · lo ວາກົງ (rail passenger car) · tk trener (trainer) · wa etrinneu (trainer) · ms koc (trainer) · be карэ́та (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · vi huấn luyện viên (trainer) · nb trener (trainer) · ms gerabak (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · nn vogn (rail passenger car) · lv treneris (trainer) · hu vagon (rail passenger car) · et treener (trainer) · pt coche (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · pt ônibus rodoviario (long-distance bus) · el προπονήτρια (trainer) · pt treinador (trainer) · lt treneris (trainer) · cmn 客車 /客车 (long-distance bus) · kmr otobûs (long-distance bus) · he קרונות נוסעים (rail passenger car) · kmr erebe (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · kmr rahêner (trainer) · cs kočár (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · pl wagon (rail passenger car) · ky вагон (rail passenger car) · sk vagón (rail passenger car) · ja 高速バス (long-distance bus) · th ผู้ฝึกสอน (trainer) · ru коля́ска (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · hu tréner (trainer) · he קָרוֹן (rail passenger car) · pt autocarro (long-distance bus) · ca entrenador (trainer) · hi प्रशिक्षक (trainer) · es vagón (rail passenger car) · de Kutsche (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · cs kouč (trainer) · da træner (trainer) · eo ĉaro (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · sh ко̀чија (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · fa-ira مُرَبّی (trainer) · ga traenálaí (trainer) · he מאמנת \ מְאַמֶּנֶת (trainer) · uk ваго́н (rail passenger car) · uk пово́зка (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · kmr antrenor (trainer) · ms gerbong (rail passenger car) · sv coach (trainer) · de Wagen (rail passenger car) · az məşqçi (trainer) · nl koets (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · eo aŭtoĉaro (long-distance bus) · mi koti (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · es coach (trainer) · be экіпа́ж (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · pl kareta (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ms koc (rail passenger car) · ar مُدَرِّب (trainer) · be трэ́нэрка (trainer) · ga bus (long-distance bus) · is vagn (rail passenger car) · nb turbuss (long-distance bus) · cs vagón (rail passenger car) · de Überlandbus (long-distance bus) · nl wagen (rail passenger car) · ota قاروچه (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · la carrūca (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · de Coach (trainer) · it carrozza (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · tr şehirlerarası otobüs (long-distance bus) · id bus besar (long-distance bus) · uk по́віз (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ru тре́нер (trainer) · hu szekér (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · yue 長途巴士 /长途巴士 (long-distance bus) · eo trejnisto (trainer) · hi ट्रेनर (trainer) · mk тренер (trainer) · fr voiture (rail passenger car) · mk вагон (rail passenger car) · ja 馬車 (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · sv tränare (trainer) · sv diligens (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ms jurulatih (trainer) · cmn 馬車 /马车 (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · lv kariete (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · et vagun (rail passenger car) · uk тре́нер (trainer) · hi रेलगाड़ी (rail passenger car) · it istruttore (trainer) · sl vagon (rail passenger car) · it pullman (long-distance bus) · ar حافلة السفر (long-distance bus) · pt ônibus (long-distance bus) · lv rati (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · it corriera (long-distance bus) · ms koc (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · el βαγόνι (rail passenger car) · ru пово́зка (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · de Trainerin (trainer) · ro trăsură (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ka მწვრთნელი (trainer) · sl trener (trainer) · uk екіпа́ж (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · sh vàgōn (rail passenger car) · lt trenerė (trainer) · fr entraineur (trainer) · es entrenador (trainer) · nrf cârrosse (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · hi गाड़ी (rail passenger car) · it allenatrice (trainer) · uz trener (trainer) · ms gerabak (rail passenger car) · be трэ́нэр (trainer) · ar حافلة النقل المدني (long-distance bus) · az vaqon (rail passenger car) · tk wagon (rail passenger car) · ga carráiste (rail passenger car) · mn ᠸᠠᠭᠣᠨ (rail passenger car) · ro vagon (rail passenger car) · kk жаттықтырушы (trainer) · hu távolsági autóbusz (long-distance bus) · gl adestrador (trainer) · fi vaunut (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ru каре́та (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · be трэ́нерка (trainer) · mn вагон (rail passenger car) · gl adestradora (trainer) · th รถโค้ช (long-distance bus) · hy վագոն (rail passenger car) · pt treinadora (trainer) · sq trajner (trainer) · kk бапкер (trainer) · it cocchio (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · nb langdistansebuss (long-distance bus) · nl trainer (trainer) · cs trenérka (trainer) · pl autokar (long-distance bus) · eo pulmano (rail passenger car) · fi linja-auto (long-distance bus) · pt coach (trainer) · it diligenza (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · pt carruagem (rail passenger car) · tg вагон (rail passenger car) · es entrenadora (trainer) · fr entraineuse (trainer) · km វ៉ាហ្គុង (rail passenger car) · as প্ৰশিক্ষক (trainer) · id pelatih (trainer) · sh тре́нер (trainer) · pl trenerka (trainer) · id bus jarak jauh (long-distance bus) · ko 코치 (trainer) · nn trenar (trainer) · da rutebil (long-distance bus) · hu edző (trainer) · mk тренерка (trainer) · vi xe khách (long-distance bus) · wuu 客车 (long-distance bus) · ko 마차 (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · sh ва̀го̄н (rail passenger car) · kmr erebane (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ru экипа́ж (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · de Trainer (trainer) · ru ваго́н (rail passenger car) · cmn 教練 /教练 (trainer) · ru тре́нерша (trainer) · de Coachin (trainer) · sv vagn (rail passenger car) · ur ٹْرینَر (trainer) · it coach (trainer) · pt autopullman (long-distance bus) · gu કોચ (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · fa-ira کالِسْکِه (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · de Bus (long-distance bus) · bg треньо́р (trainer) · pt técnica (trainer) · da jernbanevogn (rail passenger car) · mk кочија (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · be воз (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ru авто́бус (long-distance bus) · es técnico (trainer) · ug ۋاگۇن (rail passenger car) · ja 客車 (rail passenger car) · nl snelbus (long-distance bus) · id gerbong (rail passenger car) · be ваго́н (rail passenger car) · pl trener (trainer) · fr coche (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · fi vaunu (rail passenger car) · uz vagon (rail passenger car) · sl trenerka (trainer) · tg мураббӣ (trainer) · fi valmentaja (trainer) · bg по́щенска кола́ (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ro autocar (long-distance bus) · uk авто́бус (long-distance bus) · hu távolsági busz (long-distance bus) · da togvogn (rail passenger car) · es preparador (trainer) · ja コーチ (trainer) · as দবা (rail passenger car) · ja トレーナー (trainer) · fa-ira واگُن (rail passenger car) · ko 객차 (rail passenger car) · pl powóz (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · fr autocar (long-distance bus) · hy կառք (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · fi bussi (long-distance bus) · lt vagonas (rail passenger car) · nl touringcar (long-distance bus) · sw mkufunzi (trainer) · de Reisebus (long-distance bus) · da personvogn (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · he מאמן \ מְאַמֵּן (trainer) · ky тренер (trainer) · th โค้ช (trainer) · nl coach (trainer) · ro antrenor (trainer) · pt carreira (long-distance bus) · ca autocar (long-distance bus) · nn langdistansebuss (long-distance bus) · ar عَرَبَة (rail passenger car) · el υπεραστικό λεωφορείο (long-distance bus) · pt técnico (trainer) · es couch (trainer) · ca entrenadora (trainer) · hy մարզիչ (trainer) · hu kocsi (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · is rúta (rail passenger car) · ro coach (trainer) · kmr vagon (rail passenger car) · sk tréner (trainer) · la exercitor (trainer) · sv skjuts (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power — see also carriage) · ms koc (long-distance bus) · sq vagon (rail passenger car) · cmn 車廂 /车厢 (rail passenger car) · tr antrenör (trainer) · ar حافلة النقل الخارجي (long-distance bus) · sh tréner (trainer) · th ผู้สอน (trainer) · it vettura (rail passenger car) · th ตู้รถไฟ (rail passenger car) · ja コーチ (long-distance bus) · mn сургагч (trainer) · nn turbuss (long-distance bus)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti
Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō
Latin *quoquō
Latin coquō
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Archaic Latin -os
Latin -us
Late Latin coquusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kok
Old High German choch
Middle High German koch
German Kochbor.
Hungarian Koch
Hungarian Kocs
Hungarian kocsibor.
German Kutschebor.
Middle French cochebor.
English coach
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.
Meanings
(intransitive) To train.
(transitive) To instruct; to train.
She has coached many opera stars.
(intransitive) To study under a tutor.
(intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters 1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men:
(transitive) 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 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC: