Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coach

/koʊt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
coach
IPA
/koʊt͡ʃ/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

noun

A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.

Australian usage; British usage

noun

A trainer or instructor.

noun

A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

Australian usage; British usage

noun

The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

noun

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

American usage

noun

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

American usage

verb

To train.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /koʊt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /kəʊtʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

coaches (plural) coaches (present, singular) coaching (participle, present) coached (participle, past) coached (past)

Derived Forms

aircoach autocoach coachbox coachbuilder coachbuilding coachbuilt coachdog coacher coachfellow coachful coachhood coachhorse

Phrases

accommodation coach baby coach camping coach coach and four coach and horses coach bolt coach box coach-built

Frequently Paired Words

coachee

Synonyms

carriage bus autobus charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach omnibus passenger vehicle

Rhymes With

approach roach roche reproach poach broach encroach roache goetsch caroche brooch loh

Questions

How do you pronounce coach?
The recorded pronunciation is /koʊt͡ʃ/.
What does coach mean?
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
Where does coach come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

How to pronounce coach

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