gagne-pain
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gagner (“to win, earn”) + pain (“bread”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡaɲ.pɛ̃/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: gagne-pains
Noun
[edit]gagne-pain m (plural gagne-pain or gagne-pains)
- livelihood
- Synonym: subsistance f
- 1958, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le Pornographe”:
- Aujourd’hui que mon gagne-pain / C’est de parler comme un turlupin
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- breadwinner
- Synonym: soutien de famille m
Further reading
[edit]- “gagne-pain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.