soigneur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French soigneur (“non-riding member of a cycling team; physiotherapist; trainer”), from soigner (“to look after, take care of; to nurse, treat”)[1] + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Soigner is derived from soin (“care”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“care, responsibility; sooth, truth”), from *sunjaz (“real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, the active participle of *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es- (“to be”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of soigné.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swʌnˈjɜː/, /swɑː-/, /swæ-/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /swʌnˈjɝ/, /swɑ-/, /swæ-/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: soign‧eur
Noun
soigneur (plural soigneurs)
- (cycle racing) A non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support (such as massages, supplies, and transportation) for the cyclists.
Related terms
Translations
References
- ^ “soigneur, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “soigneur, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- cycling team on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French soigneur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋaːˈnjœːr/
Audio: (file)
Noun
soigneur m (plural soigneurs, feminine soigneuse)
- (sports) a non-competing member of a sports team whose role is to provide support (such as psychological and medical care as well as supplies) for the athletes
French
Etymology
From soigner (“to look after, take care of; to nurse, treat”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Soigner is derived from soin (“care”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“care, responsibility; sooth, truth”), from *sunjaz (“real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, the active participle of *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es- (“to be”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swa.ɲœʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
soigneur m (plural soigneurs, feminine soigneuse)
Further reading
- “soigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.