Entraîner
Example: Le coach entraîne l'équipe pour le match important demain.
Definition
"Entraîner" means to lead or guide someone or something in a physical or figurative sense, often used when a coach trains a team to improve their skills or performance for a specific event or purpose.
Etymology
The word "entraîner" comes from the Old French 'entraîner,' which means 'to drag along' or 'to pull.' It combines 'en-' (in, into) with 'trainer' (to drag or pull). Did you know it originally conveyed a more physical sense of pulling before evolving to mean training or coaching?
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"Entraîner" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (B1) - set 3", containing 113 commonly used words.
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