gainer
English
Pronunciation
Noun
gainer (plural gainers)
- One who gains a profit or advantage.
- (sports, slang) A diving (or gymnastics) maneuver (from a high-dive diving board or high diving platform) involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
Derived terms
Related terms
- back gainer sports
- full gainer sports
- gain
- half gainer sports
- reverse gainer sports
References
- OED2
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From gaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡene/
Verb
gainer
Conjugation
Conjugation of gainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gainer | avoir gainé | |||||
| gerund | en gainant | en ayant gainé | |||||
| present participle | gainant | ||||||
| past participle | gainé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaine | gaines | gaine | gainons | gainez | gainent |
| imperfect | gainais | gainais | gainait | gainions | gainiez | gainaient | |
| past historic1 | gainai | gainas | gaina | gainâmes | gainâtes | gainèrent | |
| future | gainerai | gaineras | gainera | gainerons | gainerez | gaineront | |
| conditional | gainerais | gainerais | gainerait | gainerions | gaineriez | gaineraient | |
| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gaine | gaines | gaine | gainions | gainiez | gainent |
| imperfect1 | gainasse | gainasses | gainât | gainassions | gainassiez | gainassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | gaine | — | gainons | gainez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||