brailler

See also: Brailler

English

Etymology

braille +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

brailler (plural braillers)

1. (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.

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

1. to holler, yell
2. to bawl, weep

Conjugation

Conjugation of brailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	brailler
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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