trainer

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English

Etymology

From train +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪnə/
• (US) enPR: trāʹnər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

trainer (plural trainers)

1. A person who trains another; a coach.
2. (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
4. (UK, Ireland) A running shoe or sneaker.
5. (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
6. (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
7. attributive form of trainers

Synonyms

• (person who trains another; coach): coach
• (running shoe): dap (UK), plimsoll (UK), running shoe, tennis shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe

Derived terms

Related terms

• train

Descendants

• → Cebuano: trainor
  • → English: trainor

Translations

Anagrams

• rantier, retrain, terrain

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)

1. trainer
2. coach

French

Pronunciation

Verb

trainer

1. post-1990 spelling of traîner

Conjugation

Further reading

• “trainer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, terrain

Old French

Alternative forms

• trahiner, traïner (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trahō, trahere (“I pull”).

Verb

trainer

1. to drag

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: traîner
• Norman: traîner
• → Galician: treinar
• → Icelandic: treina
• → Italian: trainare
• → Middle English: trainen, traynen
  • English: train
    • → Danish: træne (borrowing)
  • Scots: train
  • Portuguese: treinar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English trainer.

Noun

trainer m (plural traineri)

1. trainer

Declension