coach English · revision 2074

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəʊt͡ʃ/ ''(UK)''; /koʊt͡ʃ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|coche]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|de|Kotsche]] (now ''Kutsche''),^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|hu|kocsi]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) short for ''kocsi szekér'' “cart of Kocs”, a town in northern Hungary where such carriages were first made.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A large four-wheeled covered carriage, in the 16th and 17th centuries usually the state carriage of royalty or people of rank (1556).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Vehicles were often named after the place where they were invented or first used.^(Etymonline) From the carriage the word passed to railway passenger cars (1832),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) to single-decker buses (1923),^(OED 1989) and to economy class on aircraft (1949).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) At Oxford around 1830 a ''coach'' was a private tutor who “carried” a student through an examination;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) from 1861 it was used for a sports trainer.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The verb first meant to convey in a coach (1612), and to tutor or train from 1849.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1556 – a large carriage.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1612 – verb, to convey in a coach.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1832 – a railway carriage.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1848 – a private tutor (university use).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – verb, to tutor or train.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1861 – an athletic trainer.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1923 – a single-decker bus.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1949 – economy class on aircraft.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who trains athletes or a team.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person who gives instruction, as in singing or acting, or a private tutor.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A bus, especially one for long-distance or private hire.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A railway passenger car.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A large, closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The cheaper class of seats on an aircraft or train.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To train, instruct or tutor.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To travel or convey in a coach.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coachable]]

+ * [[coacher]]

+ * [[coachability]]

+ * [[coachman]]

+ * [[coachwork]]

+ * [[slowcoach]]

+ * [[stagecoach]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[landau]]

+ * [[berlin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}