French edit

Etymology edit

From dé- +‎ braie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /de.bʁɛ.je/, /de.bʁe.je/
  • (file)

Verb edit

débrayer

  1. (intransitive) to declutch; to disengage
  2. (intransitive) to strike (of workers)

Conjugation edit

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 either group, according to the writer's preference).

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