Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁sónts
- Proto-Germanic*sunjō
- Frenchsoigneur“non-riding member of a cycling team; physiotherapist; trainer”
- Englishsoigneur
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 agent 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.
More words from French, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European
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Catalan assistent, assistenta
- assistentnon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
- assistentanon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
Dutch soigneur, soigneuse
- soigneurnon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
- soigneusenon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
Finnish soigneur, avustaja
- soigneurnon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
- avustajanon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
French soigneur, soigneuse
- soigneurnon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
- soigneusenon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
German Betreuer
- Betreuernon-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
Russian соньёр
- соньёр (sonʹjór)non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with soigneur
Cite this entry
soigneur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soigneur
“soigneur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soigneur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soigneur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soigneur.
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