brailler
See also: Brailler
English
Etymology
braille + -er
Noun
brailler (plural braillers)
- (technology) A typewriter used to emboss paper with braille cells to be read by the visually impaired instead of using a manual stylus.
- 2005, Jean E. Olmstead, Itinerant teaching (page 190)
- Use pads under braillers to reduce noise and under reading-writing stands to counteract sliding.
- 2005, Jean E. Olmstead, Itinerant teaching (page 190)
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bragulare, from Latin bragere. Compare braire. Cognate with the English bray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁa.je/, /bʁɑ.je/
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Verb
brailler
- to holler, yell
- to bawl, weep
Conjugation
Conjugation of brailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | brailler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | braillant /bʁa.jɑ̃/ or /bʁɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | braillé /bʁa.je/ or /bʁɑ.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | braille /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | brailles /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | braille /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | braillons /bʁa.jɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.jɔ̃/ | braillez /bʁa.je/ or /bʁɑ.je/ | braillent /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ |
imperfect | braillais /bʁa.jɛ/ or /bʁɑ.jɛ/ | braillais /bʁa.jɛ/ or /bʁɑ.jɛ/ | braillait /bʁa.jɛ/ or /bʁɑ.jɛ/ | braillions /bʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /bʁɑj.jɔ̃/ | brailliez /bʁaj.je/ or /bʁɑj.je/ | braillaient /bʁa.jɛ/ or /bʁɑ.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | braillai /bʁa.je/ or /bʁɑ.je/ | braillas /bʁa.ja/ or /bʁɑ.ja/ | brailla /bʁa.ja/ or /bʁɑ.ja/ | braillâmes /bʁa.jam/ or /bʁɑ.jam/ | braillâtes /bʁa.jat/ or /bʁɑ.jat/ | braillèrent /bʁa.jɛʁ/ or /bʁɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
future | braillerai /bʁaj.ʁe/ or /bʁɑj.ʁe/ | brailleras /bʁaj.ʁa/ or /bʁɑj.ʁa/ | braillera /bʁaj.ʁa/ or /bʁɑj.ʁa/ | braillerons /bʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | braillerez /bʁaj.ʁe/ or /bʁɑj.ʁe/ | brailleront /bʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | braillerais /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | braillerais /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | braillerait /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | braillerions /bʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | brailleriez /bʁa.jə.ʁje/ or /bʁɑ.jə.ʁje/ | brailleraient /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | braille /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | brailles /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | braille /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | braillions /bʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /bʁɑj.jɔ̃/ | brailliez /bʁaj.je/ or /bʁɑj.je/ | braillent /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ |
imperfect2 | braillasse /bʁa.jas/ or /bʁɑ.jas/ | braillasses /bʁa.jas/ or /bʁɑ.jas/ | braillât /bʁa.ja/ or /bʁɑ.ja/ | braillassions /bʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ | braillassiez /bʁa.ja.sje/ or /bʁɑ.ja.sje/ | braillassent /bʁa.jas/ or /bʁɑ.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | braille /bʁaj/ or /bʁɑj/ | — | braillons /bʁa.jɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.jɔ̃/ | braillez /bʁa.je/ or /bʁɑ.je/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “brailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- brillera