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Webster 1913 Edition
Brayer
Bray′er
,Noun.
An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
Bray′er
,Noun.
One that brays like an ass.
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brayer
BRA'YER
,Noun.
1.
A instrument to temper ink in printing offices.Definition 2024
brayer
brayer
English
Noun
brayer (plural brayers)
- (printing) A hand printing tool, in the US often a roller, used to spread a thin even layer of ink. Early brayers, consisting of a vertical cylinder with a single handle, were designed to break up thick inks before spreading.
- One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
French
Verb
brayer
- (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of brayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | brayer | avoir brayé | |||||
| gerund | en brayant | en ayant brayé | |||||
| present participle | brayant /bʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /bʁe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | brayé /bʁɛ.je/ or /bʁe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | braye or braie /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
brayes or braies /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
braye or braie /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
brayons /bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /bʁe.jɔ̃/ |
brayez /bʁɛ.je/ or /bʁe.je/ |
brayent or braient /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | brayais /bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /bʁe.jɛ/ |
brayais /bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /bʁe.jɛ/ |
brayait /bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /bʁe.jɛ/ |
brayions /bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bʁej.jɔ̃/ |
brayiez /bʁɛj.je/ or /bʁej.je/ |
brayaient /bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /bʁe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | brayai /bʁɛ.je/ or /bʁe.je/ |
brayas /bʁɛ.ja/ or /bʁe.ja/ |
braya /bʁɛ.ja/ or /bʁe.ja/ |
brayâmes /bʁɛ.jam/ or /bʁe.jam/ |
brayâtes /bʁɛ.jat/ or /bʁe.jat/ |
brayèrent /bʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /bʁe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | brayerai or braierai /bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /bʁɛ.ʁe/ |
brayeras or braieras /bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /bʁɛ.ʁa/ |
brayera or braiera /bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /bʁɛ.ʁa/ |
brayerons or braierons /bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
brayerez or braierez /bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /bʁɛ.ʁe/ |
brayeront or braieront /bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | brayerais or braierais /bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
brayerais or braierais /bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
brayerait or braierait /bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
brayerions or braierions /bʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brayeriez or braieriez /bʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /bʁɛ.ʁje/ |
brayeraient or braieraient /bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | braye or braie /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
brayes or braies /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
braye or braie /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
brayions /bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bʁej.jɔ̃/ |
brayiez /bʁɛj.je/ or /bʁej.je/ |
brayent or braient /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
brayasse /bʁɛ.jas/ or /bʁe.jas/ |
brayasses /bʁɛ.jas/ or /bʁe.jas/ |
brayât /bʁɛ.ja/ or /bʁe.ja/ |
brayassions /bʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
brayassiez /bʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /bʁe.ja.sje/ |
brayassent /bʁɛ.jas/ or /bʁe.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | braye or braie /bʁɛj/ or /bʁɛ/ |
— | brayons /bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /bʁe.jɔ̃/ |
brayez /bʁɛ.je/ or /bʁe.je/ |
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