gagner

See also: Gagner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gaigner, from Old French gaaigner, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, ultimately from Frankish *waiþanōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɲe/

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Verb

gagner

1. to win

   Antonym: perdre

   On a gagné la ligue !

   We won the league!

2. to earn

   Je gagne 10 euros de l’heure.

   I earn 10 euros an hour.

3. to gain; to obtain
   • 1902, M. Netter, "Efficacité de l'argent colloïdal (collargol) dans le traitement des maladies infectieuses; multiplicité de ses indications", in "Séance du 12 décembre 1902", Bulletins Et Mémoires de la Société Médicale Des Hôpitaux de Paris, third series, volume 19, Masson et C^ie, page 1093:

     Le malade a gagné beaucoup de poids et est sorti le 31 décembre 1901.

     The patient gained a lot of weight and left on 31 December 1901.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gagner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gagner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gagnant /ɡa.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gagné /ɡa.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gagne /ɡaɲ/	gagnes /ɡaɲ/	gagne /ɡaɲ/	gagnons /ɡa.ɲɔ̃/	gagnez /ɡa.ɲe/	gagnent /ɡaɲ/
	imperfect	gagnais /ɡa.ɲɛ/	gagnais /ɡa.ɲɛ/	gagnait /ɡa.ɲɛ/	gagnions /ɡa.ɲjɔ̃/	gagniez /ɡa.ɲje/	gagnaient /ɡa.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	gagnai /ɡa.ɲe/	gagnas /ɡa.ɲa/	gagna /ɡa.ɲa/	gagnâmes /ɡa.ɲam/	gagnâtes /ɡa.ɲat/	gagnèrent /ɡa.ɲɛʁ/
	future	gagnerai /ɡa.ɲə.ʁe/	gagneras /ɡa.ɲə.ʁa/	gagnera /ɡa.ɲə.ʁa/	gagnerons /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	gagnerez /ɡa.ɲə.ʁe/	gagneront /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gagnerais /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	gagnerais /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	gagnerait /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	gagnerions /ɡa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	gagneriez /ɡa.ɲə.ʁje/	gagneraient /ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gagne /ɡaɲ/	gagnes /ɡaɲ/	gagne /ɡaɲ/	gagnions /ɡa.ɲjɔ̃/	gagniez /ɡa.ɲje/	gagnent /ɡaɲ/
	imperfect2	gagnasse /ɡa.ɲas/	gagnasses /ɡa.ɲas/	gagnât /ɡa.ɲa/	gagnassions /ɡa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	gagnassiez /ɡa.ɲa.sje/	gagnassent /ɡa.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gagne /ɡaɲ/	—	gagnons /ɡa.ɲɔ̃/	gagnez /ɡa.ɲe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• avoir ville gagnée
• c’est toujours ça de gagné
• gagner au change
• gagner du temps
• gagner du terrain
• gagner sa vie
• gagner son bifteck
• gagner son pain
• manque à gagner
• regagner

 

Related terms

• gain

Descendants

• Saint Dominican Creole French: gagné
  • Haitian Creole: genyen, gen
• Louisiana Creole: gain

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grange

Old French

Verb

gagner

1. Alternative form of gaaignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-agn, *-agns, *-agnt are modified to aing, ainz, aint. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of gagner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gagner			avoir gagné
gerund		en gagnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gagnant
past participle		gagné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gaing	gagnes	gagne	gagnons	gagnez	gagnent
	imperfect	gagnoie, gagneie, gagnoe, gagneve	gagnoies, gagneies, gagnoes, gagneves	gagnoit, gagneit, gagnot, gagneve	gagniiens, gagniens	gagniiez, gagniez	gagnoient, gagneient, gagnoent, gagnevent
	preterite	gagnai	gagnas	gagna	gagnames	gagnastes	gagnerent
	future	gagnerai	gagneras	gagnera	gagnerons	gagneroiz, gagnereiz, gagnerez	gagneront
	conditional	gagneroie, gagnereie	gagneroies, gagnereies	gagneroit, gagnereit	gagneriiens, gagneriens	gagneriiez, gagneriez	gagneroient, gagnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	gaing	gainz	gaint	gagnons	gagnez	gagnent
	imperfect	gagnasse	gagnasses	gagnast	gagnissons, gagnissiens	gagnissoiz, gagnissez, gagnissiez	gagnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	gagne	—	gagnons	gagnez	—