gagné

Gagné is the past participle of the French verb gagner, meaning to win or to earn. As an adjective or participle, it agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: for example, un résultat gagné (a won result) or une victoire gagnée (a won victory). It is used in sports, legal, and everyday contexts to indicate that something has been attained or obtained.

Gagné is also a French-language surname. It is relatively common in France and in francophone regions of Canada, particularly Quebec, reflecting historical patterns of surname formation from the verb gagner. In Anglophone contexts, the surname is often written with or without the accent, as Gagné or Gagne. People bearing the name may use different pronunciations depending on language background, but in French it is pronounced approximately as [ɡa.ɲe].

Pronunciation and spelling notes: in standard French, gagné is pronounced with a palatal nasal followed by a closed vowel, the final é giving an /e/ sound. In English-speaking environments, the accent is frequently omitted, resulting in Gagne or Gagné being encountered in names and titles. The form without the accent, Gagne, is also used as a surname and can appear in branding or place-name elements in North America.

In usage, gagnés or gagnées generally refer to things that have already been won or earned, contrasting with gagner (to win) in present or future contexts. The term therefore functions both as a grammatical form and as a lexical item in naming and identity.