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gagner sa croûte: synonym of gagner son pain (“to earn a living”)
gagner sa vie: to earn a living, to make a living
gagner ses éperons: to win one's spurs, to earn one's stripes, to make a name for oneself, to earn a reputation
gagner son bifteck: to bring home the bacon
gagner son pain: to earn one's corn, to earn a living, to make a living
gagneur: winner (someone who habitually wins)
gai: cheerful; merry; gay; homosexual
gai comme un pinson: happy as a clam, happy as a lark (very happy)
gaiement: gaily (in a happy, jovial way)
gaieté: gaiety
gaieté de cœur: lightheartedness, cheerfulness, high spirits
gaillac: a red wine from the Midi-Pyrénées
gaillacois: of Gaillac
gaillard: strong; sprightly, lively (of person); bawdy, ribald
gaillard: forecastle (raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship); fellow, guy; hunk
gaillard d'arrière: aftcastle
gaillard d'avant: forecastle
gaillarde: galliard: the size of type between petit-texte and petit-romain, standardized as 9 Fournier points (3.06 mm) then as 8 Didot points (3.00 or 3.01 mm); the galliard, a 16th-century European dance
gaillardement: in a lively; sprightly way
gaillardise: boastful gaiety
gaillet: bedstraw (of genus Gallium), sweet woodruff
gaillet gratteron: cleavers (Galium aparine L.)
gaiment: post-1990 spelling of gaiement
gain: a gain (of something), an instance of saving (something); an increase (in something); winnings, earnings, takings; gain, yield
gain de cause: winning of the case (in a trial); upper hand in a debate, victory
gain de temps: timesaver
gainage: sheathing, sleeving
gaine: sheath, scabbard (for dagger etc.); casing, sheathing, sheath (of a cable); sheath
gainer: to cover, sheathe
gainier: Judas tree
gainier du Canada: eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
gainier rouge: eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
gainier silicastre: Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
gaité: post-1990 spelling of gaieté
gal: a unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second
galactagogue: galactagogue
galactagogue: galactagogic
galactique: galactic; galactical
galactite: galactite, natrolite; thistle of the family Galactites
galactogène: galactogenic
galactomètre: galactometer
galactophage: feeding on milk; galactophagous
galactophage: One who lives on milk
galactophore: galactophorous
galactophore: milk duct
galactose: galactose
galacturonique: galacturonic
galago: galago
galalithe: Galalith
galamment: gallantly; elegantly
galanga: galangal
galant: gallant, courteous, gentlemanly; flirtatious, amorous; racy
galant: suitor, admirer
galanterie: gallantry, chivalry; courteousness
galantin: a man who is excessively and ridiculously gallant towards women
galantine: galantine
galapiat: rascal, rogue
galate: Galatian language
galatique: of Galatia; Galatian
galaxie: galaxy