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abray
English
Etymology
Back-formation from the preterite abraid, abrayde. More at abraid.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
abray (third-person singular simple present abrays, present participle abraying, simple past and past participle abrayed)
- Obsolete form of abraid.
Anagrams
- Araby, Aybar, Ayrab
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bray
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: bre?, IPA(key): /b?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophone: brae
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Middle English braien, brai, braie, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragi?, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragr? (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekan? (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”).
The noun is derived from the verb, or from Middle English brai, brait (“shriek; outcry”), from Old French brai, brait (“a cry”), from braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”); see above.
Verb
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
- (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- Synonyms: (archaic, dialectal) blore, (ass or donkey) hee-haw
- (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
- (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
Derived terms
- brayer
- braying (noun)
- brayingly
Translations
Noun
bray (plural brays)
- The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
- Synonym: (ass or donkey) hee-haw
- (by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English braie, braien, braye, brayen, breien (“to break (something) into small pieces, to chop, crush, grind; to use a mortar”), from Anglo-Norman breier, Old French breie, breier, broiier (modern French broyer (“to crush, grind”)), possibly from Frankish *brekan (“to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekan? (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (“to break”); thus making the English word a doublet of break.
Verb
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
- (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
- (transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Raby, Ryba, bary-, yarb
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