# braire
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to flatulate”). Cognate with English bray.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

braire (defective)
* bray (to make the cry of a donkey)
* (figuratively, by extension) to shout
* (Belgium, Northern France, figuratively, by extension) to cry, to weep

#### Conjugation

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -bray- root: *je brayis, *que nous brayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -brais- was used instead of -bray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

### Noun

braire m (plural braires)
* (obsolete) bray (noise made by a donkey)

#### Synonyms

* braiment, braîment
* braiement

### Further reading

* “braire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* abrier, barrie

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French braire, from Gaulish.

### Verb

braire
* to bray
* to shout out

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | braire | braire | braire | braire | braire |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | brayant | brayant | brayant | brayant | brayant |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | auxiliary | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | brait | brait | braite | braite |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | braits | braits | braites | braites |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos | je (nos) | vos | il, alles |
| indicative | present | brais | brais | brait | brayoms | brayez | braient |
| indicative | imperfect | brayeis | brayeis | brayeit | brayioms | brayiez | brayeient |
| indicative | preterite | brayis | brayis | brayit | brayîmes | brayîtes | brayîtrent |
| indicative | future | brairai | brairas | braira | brairoms | brairez | brairont |
| indicative | conditional | braireis | braireis | braireit | brairioms | brairiez | braireient |
| subjunctive | | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos | que je (que nos) | que vos | qu'il, qu'alles |
| subjunctive | present | braie | braies | braie | brayioms | brayiez | braient |
| subjunctive | imperfect | brayisse | brayisses | brayît brayisse | brayissioms | brayissiez | brayissent |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) | vos | — |
| imperative | imperative | | brais | | brayoms | brayez | |
| $^1$Used with past participles. ||||||||

#### Related terms

* ébraire

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* braer, brere

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragiāre, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to fart”).

### Verb

braire
* (of an animal) to bray
* (less common, of a person) to cry out; to shout out

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* Middle French: braire, brere, brayre
** French: braire
* → Middle English: brayen, brai, bray, braye
** English: bray
** Middle Scots: bray