coach.
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
Meaning & usage
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
A trainer or instructor.
football coach
spelling coach
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 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.
The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
Where this word comes from
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.
To train.
To instruct; to train.
She has coached many opera stars.
To study under a tutor.
To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
To convey in a coach.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
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