gainer
English
/ˈɡeɪnə/, /ˈɡeɪnɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who gains a profit or advantage.
- One who put on puts on weight.
- (sports) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
Etymology
Suffix from English gain (convenient, against, foredeal, favourable, direct, kindly, suitable, contrary, straight, profit).
Origin
English
gain
Gloss
convenient, against, foredeal, favourable, direct, kindly, suitable, contrary, straight, profit
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- again English
- autogain English
- foregain English
- gain English
- gainable English
- gainand English
- gainest English
- gaineth English
- gainful English
- gainless English
- gainly English
- gainsharing English
- gainside English
- gainword English
- gainworthy English
- outgain English
- overgain English
- photogain English
- regain English
- undergain English
- ungain English
- Gegner German
- Gegnerin German
- Gegnerschaft German
- gegnerisch German
- gagner French
- gayn Middle English
- Géigner Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gēgenêre Middle Low German
- gēgenēre Middle Low German