| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| gain | vtr | (acquire for new) | obtenir⇒ vtr |
| The citizens gained the right to send their kids to a different school. |
| Les citoyens obtinrent le droit d'envoyer leurs enfants dans une autre école. |
| gain | vtr | (acquire extra of) | acquérir⇒ vtr |
| He gained five new customers last month. |
| Il a acquis cinq nouveaux clients le mois dernier. |
| gain | vtr | (weight) | prendre⇒ vtr |
| I have gained six pounds over the holidays. |
| J'ai pris six livres pendant les vacances. |
| gain | n | (sth gained) | acquisition nf |
| The gain in customers helped the business live. |
| L'acquisition de clients aida le maintien de l'entreprise. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| gain | n | (financial) | hausse nf |
| The gain in the stock made him rich. |
| La hausse en bourse l'enrichit. |
| gain | vi | (profit) | gagner⇒ vtr |
| The stock gained 3% last week. |
| La bourse a gagné 3 % la semaine dernière. |
| gain | vi | (come closer to catching up) | rattraper⇒ vtr |
| The runner gained on his opponent. |
| Le coureur rattrapa son adversaire. |
| gain | vi | (clock: run too fast) | avancer⇒ vtr |
| This antique clock is beautiful, but it does gain, unfortunately. |
| La vieille horloge est belle mais, malheureusement, elle avance. |
| gain | vi | (increase) | gagner⇒ vtr |
| The politician gained in popularity each week. |
| L'homme politique gagna en popularité chaque semaine. |
| gain | vtr | (clock: speed up by) | prendre de l'avance vtr |
| The clock gains a second every week. |
| L'horloge prend une seconde d'avance chaque semaine. |
| gain | vtr | (arrive at) | atteindre⇒ vtr |
| By three o'clock, the army had gained the city walls. |
| A trois heures, l'armée atteignit les murs de la ville. |
| gain | vtr | (persuade) | persuader⇒, convaincre⇒ vtr |
| She gained him over by talking about the financial benefits. |
| Elle le persuada (or: convainquit) en lui parlant des avantages financiers. |
| gain | vtr | (obtain a victory) | gagner⇒ vtr |
| The team gained a win last weekend. |
| L'équipe a gagné le week-end dernier. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| automatic gain control | | (electronic output device) | contrôle automatique de gain nm |
| capital gain | | | gain en capital nm |
| capital gain | | | plus-value nf |
| current gain | | | gain en courant nm |
| gain admittance | vi | (be allowed to enter) | entrer dans vi |
| Turkey is trying to gain admittance to the European Community. |
| De Gaulle avait refusé que le Royaume-Uni entre dans le Marché Commun. |
| | organisation | intégrer⇒ vtr |
| La Turquie essaie d'intégrer l'Union Européenne. |
| | salle, local | accéder à vtr |
| gain ascendancy | v | (win or become dominant) | prendre le dessus loc v |
| gain by | vtr | (take advantage or profit by) | gagner à + [infinitif] vtr |
| What have you got to gain by lying about it? |
| Tu n'y gagneras rien à mentir à tes parents. |
| gain ground | vi | (advance, make progress) | gagner du terrain vtr |
| Though it's slow going, we're gaining ground. |
| gain influence | v | (become more important) | devenir de plus en plus influent v |
| Big corporations have gained influence in government over the last decades. |
| Les grandes compagnies sont devenues de plus en plus influentes. |
| | | voir grandir son influence loc v |
| Les grandes compagnies ont vu leur influence grandir au fil des ans. |
| | | gagner en importance loc v |
| Les grandes compagnies ont gagné en importance au fil des ans. |
| gain knowledge | v | (learn, acquire information) | acquérir des connaissances loc v |
| | | acquérir du savoir loc v |
| gain knowledge of | | le savoir de | acquérir la science v |
| gain momentum | v | (pick up speed and strength) | gagner de la vitesse vtr |
| The bicycle gained momentum as it went down the hill. |
| Il s'est mis à gagner de la vitesse dans la descente. |
| gain on | vtr | (catch up with) | rattraper⇒ vtr |
| Drive faster - the police are gaining on us! |
| Va plus vite, les flics nous rattrapent ! |
| gain over | vtr | (persuade, attract sb) | gagner à sa cause vtr |
| Over the years, Romeo gained over Juliet; she had fallen deeply in love with him. |
| gain position | v | (advance) | gagner des places vtr |
| gain recognition | v | (become known for one's achievements) | être reconnu loc v |
| Many published articles have helped my doctor gain recognition in his field of medical practice. |
| Le comité de soutien s'est affairé afin que les mérites du chercheur soient reconnus (or: afin que le chercheur soit reconnu pour ses travaux). |
| | | gagner, acquérir la reconnaissance de loc v |
| gain strength | vi | (become stronger) | reprendre des forces vtr |
| After the operation, his legs were weak, but he did a lot of exercises to gain strength. |
| | | se fortifier⇒ v pron |
| gain the confidence of | vtr | (become trusted by) | gagner la confiance de vtr |
| I have managed to gain the confidence of our newest client. |
| He gained the confidence of his managers through his excellent work. |
| J'ai réussi à gagner la confiance de nos nouveaux clients. |
| | | obtenir la confiance de loc v |
| gain the upper hand | vi | (attain an advantage: over sb) | prendre le dessus, prendre l'avantage, prendre l'ascendant vtr |
| Whilst injuries have decimated the first choice team, an early goal has given them the upper hand. |
| Il a rapidement pris le dessus sur son adversaire. |
| gain time | vi | (delay sth for one's own advantage) | gagner du temps vtr |
| In order to gain time, I had to make sure no one else found the information. |
| | | temporiser⇒ vi |
| gain understanding of | vtr | (learn about, come to know) | mieux comprendre v |
| Note: Normally gain AN understanding of. |
| After playing he began to gain an understanding of the game. |
| gain upon | vtr | (catch up with) | refaire son retard sur vtr |
| Note: In AE, gain upon means to narrow the gap, but not necessarily catch up. |
| gain weight | v | US (put on body weight, get fatter) | prendre du poids loc v |
| Most college students gain weight during their first year of school. |
| La plupart des étudiants prennent du poids durant leur première année de fac. |
| weight gain | n | (increase in body weight) | prise de poids nf |
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