gainer

== English == === Etymology === From gain +‎ -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪnə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪnɚ/ === Noun === gainer (plural gainers) One who gains a profit or advantage. 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xvi[2]: Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end. One who puts on weight. (diving, gymnastics, slang) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or 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 === Gearin, anigre, Regina, regian, regain, Angier, Reagin, Arenig, inrage, raigne, regina, Negari, earing, reagin, graine, Aigner, in gear == French == === Etymology === From gaine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛ.ne/ ~ /ɡe.ne/ === Verb === gainer to cover, sheathe ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “gainer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === graine, grainé, ignare, ingéra, régnai