trainer
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trainer (plural trainers)
- 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, 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.
- (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.
- (UK, Ireland) A running shoe or sneaker.
- (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.
- (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
- attributive form of trainers
- There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.
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
Descendants
Translations
person who trains another; coach
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running shoe
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Noun
trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)
Pronunciation
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Verb
trainer
Conjugation
| 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of trainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Further reading
- “trainer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trahō, trahere (“I pull”).
Verb
trainer
- 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
- the king ordered that
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.
| 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
Etymology
Noun
trainer m (plural traineri)
Declension
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