gagnant

French

Etymology

See the verb gagner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɲɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

gagnant m (plural gagnants, feminine gagnante)

1. winner, victor
   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Les géants du Web apparaissent comme les grands gagnants de ces faiblesses législatives et, désormais, de la censure de la loi Avia.

     The Web giants appear to be the big winners of these legislative weaknesses and, henceforth, of the censorship of the Avia law.

Derived terms

• mauvais gagnant

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ganyan

Adjective

gagnant (feminine gagnante, masculine plural gagnants, feminine plural gagnantes)

1. winning, victorious

Participle

gagnant

1. present participle of gagner

Further reading

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