soigneur

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English

WOTD – 26 July 2022

Etymology

Spanish professional cyclist Javier Cherro Molina acting as a domestique during the 2007 Euskal Bizikleta, collecting bidons from soigneurs in the team car.

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

Noun

soigneur (plural soigneurs)

  1. (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.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “soigneur, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “soigneur, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French soigneur.

Pronunciation

Noun

soigneur m (plural , diminutive , feminine soigneuse)

  1. (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

Noun

soigneur m (plural soigneurs, feminine soigneuse)

  1. (cycle racing) soigneur
  2. (rugby, soccer) physiotherapist, trainer

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