gagner
See also: Gagner
French
Etymology
From Middle French gaigner, from Old French gaaigner, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ɲe/
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Verb
gagner
- to win
- Antonym: perdre
- On a gagné la ligue !
- We won the league!
- to earn
- Je gagne 10 euros de l'heure.
- I earn 10 euros an hour.
- 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 Cie, 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.
- 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 Cie, page 1093:
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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 French: gain
Further reading
- “gagner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- grange
Old French
Verb
gagner
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | gagne | — | gagnons | gagnez | — | ||