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From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.

* As an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from the name Engaine, based on Old French engaigne (“ingenuity”), from Latin ingenium. Sometimes confused with Ingham. * As a French surname, from the verb gagner (“to obtain, gain”).

From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”). The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier, gaigner (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waiþanōn (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþō, *waiþijō (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weidōn, weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) (Modern German Weide (“pasture”)), Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”), Old English wǣþan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”). Related to wide.

Compare Welsh gan (“a mortise”).

From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ȝæn (“against”), from Old English gēan, geġn (“against”). More at against.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Swedish: gen — straight, direct
• Armenian: ի հայտ բերել (i hayt berel) — act of gaining
• Bulgarian: печелене (pečelene) — act of gaining
• Catalan: guany — act of gaining
• Finnish: voittaminen — act of gaining
• Finnish: voitto — act of gaining
• French: gain — act of gaining
• Galician: ganancia — act of gaining
• Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba) — act of gaining
• Georgian: გაზრდა (gazrda) — act of gaining
• Georgian: მომატება (momaṭeba) — act of gaining
• Georgian: მატება (maṭeba) — act of gaining
• German: Gewinnen — act of gaining
• German: Zugewinnen — act of gaining
• Hungarian: szerzés — act of gaining
• Hungarian: megszerzés — act of gaining
• Hungarian: elnyerés — act of gaining
• Italian: guadagno — act of gaining
• Italian: profitto — act of gaining
• Portuguese: ganho — act of gaining
• Russian: получе́ние (polučénije) — act of gaining
• Russian: приобрете́ние (priobreténije) — act of gaining
• Spanish: ganancia — act of gaining
• Armenian: վաստակ (vastak) — what one gains (profit)
• Bulgarian: печалба (pečalba) — what one gains (profit)
• Czech: zisk — what one gains (profit)
• Danish: gevinst — what one gains (profit)
• Dutch: winst — what one gains (profit)
• Finnish: voitto — what one gains (profit)
• Finnish: hyöty — what one gains (profit)
• French: gain — what one gains (profit)
• Georgian: მოგება (mogeba) — what one gains (profit)
• Georgian: მიღებული (miɣebuli) — what one gains (profit)
• Georgian: შენაძენი (šenaʒeni) — what one gains (profit)
• Georgian: შემოსავალი (šemosavali) — what one gains (profit)
• Georgian: სარგებელი (sargebeli) — what one gains (profit)
• German: Gewinn — what one gains (profit)
• German: Zugewinn — what one gains (profit)
• German: Ertrag — what one gains (profit)
• German: Ausbeute — what one gains (profit)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹 (gawaurki) — what one gains (profit)
• Hindi: लाभ (lābh) — what one gains (profit)
• Hindi: संप्राप्ति (samprāpti) — what one gains (profit)
• Hungarian: haszon — what one gains (profit)
• Hungarian: nyereség — what one gains (profit)
• Irish: brabach — what one gains (profit)
• Italian: lucro — what one gains (profit)
• Italian: guadagno — what one gains (profit)
• Italian: profitto — what one gains (profit)
• Japanese: 進展 (shinten) — what one gains (profit)
• Japanese: 進歩 (shinpo) — what one gains (profit)
• Latin: quaestus — what one gains (profit)
• Latin: fanus — what one gains (profit)
• Latin: fructum — what one gains (profit)
• Middle English: gayn — what one gains (profit)
• Middle English: win — what one gains (profit)
• Norwegian Bokmål: gevinst — what one gains (profit)
• Norwegian Bokmål: utbytte — what one gains (profit)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gevinst — what one gains (profit)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utbytte — what one gains (profit)
• Persian: سود (sud) — what one gains (profit)
• Persian: بهره (bahre) — what one gains (profit)
• Portuguese: ganho — what one gains (profit)
• Russian: при́быль (príbylʹ) — what one gains (profit)
• Russian: прибы́ток (pribýtok) — what one gains (profit)
• Russian: вы́года (výgoda) — what one gains (profit)
• Russian: вы́игрыш (výigryš) — what one gains (profit)
• Scottish Gaelic: prothaid — what one gains (profit)
• Spanish: ganancia — what one gains (profit)
• Spanish: desnivel positivo — what one gains (profit)
• Spanish: elevación subida — what one gains (profit)
• Swedish: vinst — what one gains (profit)
• Tocharian B: kallau — what one gains (profit)
• Ottoman Turkish: آصی (ası) — what one gains (profit)
• Ottoman Turkish: فائده (faʼide) — what one gains (profit)
• Ottoman Turkish: حاصل (hasıl) — what one gains (profit)
• Ukrainian: прибу́ток (prybútok) — what one gains (profit)
• Ukrainian: ви́граш (výhraš) — what one gains (profit)
• Bulgarian: усилване (usilvane) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Finnish: vahvistus — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Georgian: გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• German: Verstärkung — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Italian: guadagno — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Japanese: 利得 (ritoku) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Japanese: 増幅率 (zōfuku-ritsu) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Norwegian: forsterkning — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Russian: усиле́ние (usilénije) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Spanish: ganancia — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Swedish: förstärkning — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Turkish: kazanç — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Ukrainian: поси́лення (posýlennja) — factor by which signal is multiplied
• Arabic: كَسَبَ (kasaba) — acquire
• Armenian: շահիլ (šahil) — acquire
• Armenian: ստանալ (stanal) — acquire
• Aromanian: amintu — acquire
• Bulgarian: печеля (pečelja) — acquire
• Bulgarian: придобивам (pridobivam) — acquire
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲威 /声威 (shēngwēi) — acquire
• Dutch: verkrijgen — acquire
• Dutch: winnen — acquire
• Dutch: bekomen — acquire
• Finnish: saada — acquire
• Finnish: hankkia — acquire
• French: gagner — acquire
• Galician: gañar — acquire
• Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba) — acquire
• Georgian: შეძენა (šeʒena) — acquire
• German: gewinnen — acquire
• German: erringen — acquire
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fairwaurkjan) — acquire
• Greek: κερδίζω (kerdízo) — acquire
• Greek: αποκτώ (apoktó) — acquire
• Ancient Greek: κερδαίνω (kerdaínō) — acquire
• Ancient Greek: κτάομαι (ktáomai) — acquire
• Hebrew: קיבל — acquire
• Hungarian: szerez — acquire
• Hungarian: szert tesz — acquire
• Hungarian: elnyer — acquire
• Hungarian: nyer — acquire
• Hungarian: kap — acquire
• Hungarian: gyarapodik — acquire
• Interlingua: ganiar — acquire
• Irish: gnóthaigh — acquire
• Italian: guadagnare — acquire
• Italian: acquisire — acquire
• Japanese: 獲得する — acquire
• Japanese: 増強する — acquire
• Korean: 얻다 (eotda) — acquire
• Latgalian: dabuot — acquire
• Latgalian: turēt — acquire
• Latgalian: apturēt — acquire
• Latgalian: pasmeļt — acquire
• Latin: teneō — acquire
• Latin: lucror — acquire
• Latvian: gūt — acquire
• Latvian: iegūt — acquire
• Latvian: dabūt — acquire
• Middle English: awinnen — acquire
• Middle English: winnen — acquire
• Polish: zyskać — acquire
• Portuguese: ganhar — acquire
• Romanian: primi — acquire
• Romanian: câștiga — acquire
• Russian: получа́ть (polučátʹ) — acquire
• Russian: получи́ть (polučítʹ) — acquire
• Russian: приобрета́ть (priobretátʹ) — acquire
• Russian: приобрести́ (priobrestí) — acquire
• Sanskrit: लभते (labhate) — acquire
• Spanish: ganar — acquire
• Spanish: recabar — acquire
• Spanish: granjear — acquire
• Spanish: conseguir — acquire
• Spanish: conciliar — acquire
• Swedish: skaffa — acquire
• Telugu: పొందు (pondu) — acquire
• Ukrainian: отри́мувати (otrýmuvaty) — acquire
• Swedish: ta in — be more likely to catch
• Irish: sroich — reach
• Swedish: nå — reach
• Bulgarian: напълнявам (napǎlnjavam) — put on weight
• Dutch: aankomen — put on weight
• Galician: gañar — put on weight
• Hungarian: hízik — put on weight
• Irish: cuir suas — put on weight
• Italian: guadagnare — put on weight
• Italian: aumentare — put on weight
• Italian: mettere su peso — put on weight
• Polish: tyć — put on weight
• Polish: przytyć — put on weight
• Spanish: ganar — put on weight
• Swedish: gå upp — put on weight