broyer

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See also: broþer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French broier, from Old French breier, breer, brier (to break), from Frankish *brekan (to break), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (to break), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break).

Cognate with Old Dutch brecan (to break), Old High German brehhan (to break), Old English brecan (to break), Spanish bregar (to toil, to deal with), Italian sbrigare (to handle, to deal with), Sicilian sbrija and sbrijuni (lever to knead dough). More at break.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁwa.je/
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Verb

broyer

  1. to crush, grind
  2. (figuratively, slang) to crush in a fight
  3. (slang, sports) to outpower

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

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