stage-coach

See also: Stagecoach and stagecoach

English

A stage-coach.

Alternative forms

• stagecoach, stage coach

Etymology

stage +‎ coach

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪdʒ.kəʊtʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪdʒ.koʊtʃ/

Noun

stage-coach (plural stage-coaches)

1. (historical) A horse-drawn coach that runs routinely between two destinations to transport passengers and mail.

   Synonyms: stage, thoroughbrace

Translations

horse-drawn coach to transport passengers and mail

• Bulgarian: дилижа́нс m (diližáns)
• Catalan: carrossa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驛站馬車／驿站马车

• Czech: dostavník (cs) m
• Dutch: postkoets (nl) f, diligence (nl) f
• Finnish: diligenssi (fi), postivaunut (fi) pl
• French: diligence (fr) f, calèche (fr) f
• Galician: coche (gl) m
• German: Postkutsche (de) f
• Hungarian: delizsánsz (hu), postakocsi (hu)
• Japanese: 駅馬車 (えきばしゃ, eki-basha)
• Polish: dyliżans (pl) m
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} diligência (pt) f
• Romanian: diligență (ro) f
• Russian: дилижа́нс (ru) m (diližáns)
• Spanish: calesa (es) f, diligencia (es) f
• Swedish: diligens (sv) c, postdiligens (sv) c
• Vietnamese: xe ngựa chở khách

Verb

stage-coach (third-person singular simple present stage-coaches, present participle stage-coaching, simple past and past participle stage-coached)

1. To travel by stage-coach.