trainer

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See also: Trainer, traîner, and traïner

English

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Etymology

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From train +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trainer (plural trainers)

  1. A person who trains another; a coach.
    • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
      It was [Roger] Federer’s ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in those legs and he should not have been allowed the luxury of his trainer’s help.
  2. (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
    • 2009, Garth Dykes, Nelson FC in the Football League, page 22:
      He served Nelson wholeheartedly as a player, coach and trainer in a lengthy association, the highlights being his involvement in two championship-winning sides.
  4. (UK, Ireland) A running shoe or sneaker.
  5. (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
    • 2000, Phil, “I need trainer for version 1.10.021”, in alt.games.rctycoon (Usenet):
      I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.
    • 2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet):
      Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.
  6. (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
  7. attributive form of trainers
    There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Cebuano: trainor
    • → English: trainor

Translations

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. trainer
  2. coach

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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trainer

  1. post-1990 spelling of traîner

Conjugation

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Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trainant
/tʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /tʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trainé
/tʁɛ.ne/ or /tʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present traine
/tʁɛn/ 		traines
/tʁɛn/ 		traine
/tʁɛn/ 		trainons
/tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /tʁe.nɔ̃/ 		trainez
/tʁɛ.ne/ or /tʁe.ne/ 		trainent
/tʁɛn/
imperfect trainais
/tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /tʁe.nɛ/ 		trainais
/tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /tʁe.nɛ/ 		trainait
/tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /tʁe.nɛ/ 		trainions
/tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /tʁe.njɔ̃/ 		trainiez
/tʁɛ.nje/ or /tʁe.nje/ 		trainaient
/tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /tʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 trainai
/tʁɛ.ne/ or /tʁe.ne/ 		trainas
/tʁɛ.na/ or /tʁe.na/ 		traina
/tʁɛ.na/ or /tʁe.na/ 		trainâmes
/tʁɛ.nam/ or /tʁe.nam/ 		trainâtes
/tʁɛ.nat/ or /tʁe.nat/ 		trainèrent
/tʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /tʁe.nɛʁ/
future trainerai
/tʁɛn.ʁe/ 		traineras
/tʁɛn.ʁa/ 		trainera
/tʁɛn.ʁa/ 		trainerons
/tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		trainerez
/tʁɛn.ʁe/ 		traineront
/tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trainerais
/tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		trainerais
/tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		trainerait
/tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		trainerions
/tʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		traineriez
/tʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /tʁe.nə.ʁje/ 		traineraient
/tʁɛn.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present traine
/tʁɛn/ 		traines
/tʁɛn/ 		traine
/tʁɛn/ 		trainions
/tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /tʁe.njɔ̃/ 		trainiez
/tʁɛ.nje/ or /tʁe.nje/ 		trainent
/tʁɛn/
imperfect2 trainasse
/tʁɛ.nas/ or /tʁe.nas/ 		trainasses
/tʁɛ.nas/ or /tʁe.nas/ 		trainât
/tʁɛ.na/ or /tʁe.na/ 		trainassions
/tʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.na.sjɔ̃/ 		trainassiez
/tʁɛ.na.sje/ or /tʁe.na.sje/ 		trainassent
/tʁɛ.nas/ or /tʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — traine
/tʁɛn/ 		— trainons
/tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /tʁe.nɔ̃/ 		trainez
/tʁɛ.ne/ or /tʁe.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Verb

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trainer

  1. to drag
    • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
      li rois antor le chastel fait
      traïner à .IIII. chevax
      les traïtors parmi les vax
      the king ordered that
      the traitors be dragged by four horses
      around the castle, among the valleys

Conjugation

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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.

    Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive trainer avoir trainé
gerund en trainant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle trainant
past participle trainé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present train traines traine trainons trainez trainent
imperfect trainoie, traineie, trainoe, traineve trainoies, traineies, trainoes, traineves trainoit, traineit, trainot, traineve trainiiens, trainiens trainiiez, trainiez trainoient, traineient, trainoent, trainevent
preterite trainai trainas traina trainames trainastes trainerent
future trainerai traineras trainera trainerons traineroiz, trainereiz, trainerez traineront
conditional traineroie, trainereie traineroies, trainereies traineroit, trainereit traineriiens, traineriens traineriiez, traineriez traineroient, trainereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present train trains traint trainons trainez trainent
imperfect trainasse trainasses trainast trainissons, trainissiens trainissoiz, trainissez, trainissiez trainassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— traine — trainons trainez —

Descendants

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English trainer.

Noun

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trainer m (plural traineri)

  1. trainer

Declension

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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) trainer trainerul (niște) traineri trainerii
genitive/dative (unui) trainer trainerului (unor) traineri trainerilor
vocative trainerule trainerilor
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