coach

See also: Coach

English

A double-decker coach

The coach of a train

A horse-drawn coach in Japan

A tennis coach during a lesson

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Noun

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

4. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.

   football coach

   spelling coach

   public coach

   horseriding coach

   politics coach

5. (UK, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
6. (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.

7. (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.

8. (chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Derived terms

• 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

• coachee

Descendants

• → Czech: kouč
• → Danish: coach
• → Dutch: coach
• → French: coach
• → German: Coach
• → Italian: coach
• → Japanese: コーチ (kōchi)
• → Korean: 코치 (kochi)
• → Malay: koc
• → Polish: coach
• → Portuguese: coach
• → Spanish: coach
• → Swahili: kocha
• → Swedish: coach

Translations

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:

  Iranian Persian: کالِسْکِه (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

• Albanian: vagon (sq) m
• Arabic: عَرَبَة f (ʕaraba)
• Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon)
• Assamese: দবা (doba)
• Azerbaijani: vaqon (az)
• 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, togvogn c, jernbanevogn c
• Dutch: wagen (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉaro, pulmano
• Estonian: vagun (et)
• Finnish: vaunu (fi)
• French: voiture (fr) f
• Georgian: ვაგონი (ka) (vagoni)
• German: Wagen (de) m
• Greek: βαγόνι (el) n (vagóni)
• Hebrew: קָרוֹן (he) m (karón), 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)
• Kazakh: вагон (vagon)
• Khmer: វ៉ាហ្គុង (vaagung), ទូរទេះភ្លើង (tuu rɔteh phləəng)
• Korean: 객차(客車) (ko) (gaekcha)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: vagon (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: вагон (ky) (vagon)
• Lao: ວາກົງ (wā kong)
• Latvian: vagons m
• Lithuanian: vagonas m
• Macedonian: вагон (mk) m (vagon)
• Malay: koc, gerabak (ms), gerbong
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: вагон (mn) (vagon)

  Mongolian script: ᠸᠠᠭᠣᠨ (waɣon)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vogn m or f

  Nynorsk: vogn f

• Pashto: واګون m (wāgun)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: واگُن (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)
• Tajik: вагон (vagon)
• Thai: ตู้รถไฟ (dtûu-rót-fai)
• Turkmen: wagon
• Ukrainian: ваго́н (uk) m (vahón)
• Uyghur: ۋاگۇن (wagun)
• Uzbek: vagon (uz)
• Vietnamese: toa (vi)

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), ट्रेनर m (ṭrenar)
• 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:

  Iranian Persian: مُرَبّی (fa) (morabbi)

• 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), мураббӣ (murabbi)
• 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)
• Urdu: ٹْرینَر m (ṭrenar)
• 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 si^6-2)

  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
• 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

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

• coachable
• outcoach
• overcoach
• recoach
• uncoach

Descendants

• → Dutch: coachen

Translations

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

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

• coachability

Anagrams

• Cacho, Chaco, chaco

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English coach.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: coach

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• bondscoach
• coachen

Related terms

• koets

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English coach. Doublet of coche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kovtʃ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Agen)):

  (file)

Noun

coach m (plural coachs)

1. coach, trainer, instructor

Derived terms

• coacher

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cocha

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃ/, /ˈkɔt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -otʃ, -ɔtʃ

Noun

coach m (invariable)

1. coach (sports instructor)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔwt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔwt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: coach

Noun

coach m pers

1. (sports) coach, trainer (person who trains another)
2. (psychology) coach, instructor

   Synonyms: szkoleniowiec, trener

Declension

Declension of coach

	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

coach m inan

1. coachwork

Declension

Declension of coach

	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

adjective

• coachingowy

noun

• coaching

Further reading

• “coach”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English coach.

Pronunciation

 

• (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

coach m or f by sense (plural coaches)

1. motivational speaker
2. life coach (professional who helps clients to achieve their personal goals)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English coach. Doublet of coche.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

coach m (plural coaches)

1. (sports) coach

Usage notes

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

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from English coach. First attested in 1962.

Noun

coach c

1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension

Declension of coach

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

Further reading

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