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trainer

/ˈtɹeɪnə/TRAY-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈtɹeɪnɚ/TRAY-nur

Meaningone who trains

Common meaning: a coach

Other meanings: a sports shoe

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Journey through time

  1. Latintrahere‘to draw’source
  2. Late Latintrahinaresource
  3. Frenchtrainsource
  4. Middle Englishtrainsource
  5. Englishtrain‘a line of carriages’
  6. Englishformed in English from traintrainer‘a coach’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from train + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TRAIN, p.654 · scan

Roots

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