"coach (sports trainer)" in seven languages

Meaningcoach (sports trainer)

Spanish

entrenador

/entɾenaˈdoɾ/

masc.borrowed · entrenar, from French entraîner

French

entraîneur

/ɑ̃tʁɛnœʁ/

masc.inherited

Italian

allenatore

/allenaˈtore/

masc.other source · allenare 'to train', built on lena 'stamina, breath'

Portuguese

treinador

/tɾejnaˈdoh/

masc.borrowed · treinar, from French traîner / entraîner

Romanian

antrenor

/antreˈnor/

masc.borrowed · French entraîneur

Catalan

entrenador

/əntɾənəˈdo/

masc.borrowed · entrenar, from French entraîner

English

coach

/koʊtʃ/

other source · French coche, from Hungarian kocsi '(carriage) of Kocs'

University slang for a tutor who 'carried' a student through exams.

English → Italiancoach (sports trainer)allenatoreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: train, trail, tractor.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*TRAGINĀRE‘to drag (from TRAHERE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French entraîner is to 'drag along' (traîner); Spanish borrowed the training sense as entrenar. Italian gives its players lena, 'stamina'.

English relatives: train, trail, tractor

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In a sentence

esEl entrenador está contento con el equipo.
frL'entraîneur est content de l'équipe.
itL'allenatore è contento della squadra.
ptO treinador está contente com o time.
roAntrenorul este mulțumit de echipă.
caL'entrenador està content amb l'equip.
enThe coach is happy with the team.

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