gainer
French, verb/ɡɛ.ne/
gainer is spelled G-A-I-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gainer is a French verb meaning “to cover, sheathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enserrer dans une gaine ou comme dans une gaine”.
What does gainer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover, sheathe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Travailler à faire une gaîne autour d’une voile.
verb: 1. Enserrer dans une gaine ou comme dans une gaine. 2. Se maintenir couché en appui sur les avant-bras. 3. Mettre un préservatif.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gainer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gainant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gainé participle past
- gaine first-person indicative present
- gaines indicative present second-person
- gainons first-person indicative plural
- gainez indicative plural present
- gainent indicative plural present
- gainais first-person imperfect indicative
- gainait imperfect indicative singular
- gainions first-person imperfect indicative
- gainiez imperfect indicative plural
- gainaient imperfect indicative plural
- gainai first-person historic indicative
- gainas historic indicative past
- gaina historic indicative past
- gainâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gainer?
- /ɡɛ.ne/
- /ɡe.ne/
- \ɡe.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gainer in French?
gainer appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).