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soigneur

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /swʌnˈjɜː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /swɑː-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /swæ-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /swʌnˈjɝ/
  • General-American: /swɑ-/
  • General-American: /swæ-/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

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noun

Meaning 1

A non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support (such as massages, supplies, and transportation) for the cyclists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: cycle racing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”) + -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.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: assistent — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Catalan: assistenta — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Dutch: soigneur — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Dutch: soigneuse — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Finnish: soigneur — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Finnish: avustaja — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • French: soigneur — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • French: soigneuse — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • German: Betreuer — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
  • Russian: соньёр (sonʹjór) — non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists