soigneur

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /swʌnˈjɜː/, /swɑː-/, /swæ-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /swʌnˈjɝ/, /swɑ-/, /swæ-/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: soign‧eur

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.

• soigné, soigne

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• glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French soigneur.

• IPA^(key): /swa.ɲœ/

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soigneur m (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide], 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.

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).

• IPA^(key): /swa.ɲœʁ/

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soigneur m (plural soigneurs, feminine soigneuse)

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

• “soigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.