different between coach vs bantam
coach
English
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): /k??t?/, [k????t?]
- (US) IPA(key): /ko?t?/, [k?o??t?]
- Rhymes: -??t?
Noun
coach (plural coaches)
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- Synonym: carriage
- (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
- Synonym: carriage
- (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
- (Britain, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
- (nautical) 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.
- (chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
Derived terms
Related terms
- coachee
Descendants
Translations
Verb
coach (third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)
- (intransitive, sports) To train.
- (transitive) To instruct; to train.
- (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
- (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
- 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
- The needy poet sticks to all he meets,
Adverb
coach (not comparable)
- (chiefly US) Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
Derived terms
- coachability
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Cacho, Chaco, chaco
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko?t?/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [ko?t?]
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): [ko??t?]
- Hyphenation: coach
Noun
coach m (plural coaches or coachen, diminutive coachje n)
- trainer, instructor, tutor, coach
- counselor
Derived terms
- bondscoach
- coachen
Related terms
- koets
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kot?/
Noun
coach m (plural coachs)
- coach, trainer, instructor
Derived terms
- coacher
Further reading
- “coach” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cocha
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach.
Noun
coach m (invariable)
- coach (sports instructor)
Polish
Etymology
From English coach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?wt??/
Noun
coach m pers
- (sports) coach, trainer (person who trains another)
- (psychology) coach, instructor
- Synonym: trener
Declension
Noun
coach m inan
- coachwork
Declension
Related terms
- (noun) coaching
- (adjective) coachingowy
Further reading
- coach in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- coach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach. Doublet of coche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kot??/, [?kot??]
Noun
coach m (plural coaches)
- (sports) coach
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach.
Noun
coach c
- coach; a trainer or instructor
Declension
coach From the web:
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- what coach got fired today
- what coaches have won the voice
- what coach died today
- what coach died yesterday
- what coach drafted tom brady
- what coach died recently
bantam
English
Etymology
From Dutch Bantam (a city in Java).
Noun
bantam (plural bantams)
- Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- (sports) A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget.
Derived terms
- bantamweight
Translations
Adjective
bantam (comparative more bantam, superlative most bantam)
- Small or miniature.
- Spirited or aggressive.
Anagrams
- Batman, batman
bantam From the web:
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- what bantam lays blue eggs
- what bantam lays the most eggs
- what bantams lay white eggs
- what's bantam weight
- what bantams lay brown eggs
- what bantams have 5 toes
- what bantams lay dark brown eggs