How to pronounce coach
American English pronunciation
KOHCH
- IPA
- /ˈkoʊtʃ/
- Syllables
- KOHCH (1 syllable)
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What coach means
Most people know coach in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A big carriage pulled by horses
In a sentence: Four white horses pulled the royal coach down the road to the castle.
Where it comes from: It is named after Kocs, a small town in Hungary known for building carts. The sports meaning came later, around 1830, from student slang for a tutor who "carried" you through a test.
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