broyer

See also: broþer

French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) 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”). More at break.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁwa.je/

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Verb

broyer

1. to crush, grind

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'.

Conjugation of broyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	broyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	broyant /bʁwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		broyé /bʁwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	broie /bʁwa/	broies /bʁwa/	broie /bʁwa/	broyons /bʁwa.jɔ̃/	broyez /bʁwa.je/	broient /bʁwa/
	imperfect	broyais /bʁwa.jɛ/	broyais /bʁwa.jɛ/	broyait /bʁwa.jɛ/	broyions /bʁwaj.jɔ̃/	broyiez /bʁwaj.je/	broyaient /bʁwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	broyai /bʁwa.je/	broyas /bʁwa.ja/	broya /bʁwa.ja/	broyâmes /bʁwa.jam/	broyâtes /bʁwa.jat/	broyèrent /bʁwa.jɛʁ/
	future	broierai /bʁwa.ʁe/	broieras /bʁwa.ʁa/	broiera /bʁwa.ʁa/	broierons /bʁwa.ʁɔ̃/	broierez /bʁwa.ʁe/	broieront /bʁwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	broierais /bʁwa.ʁɛ/	broierais /bʁwa.ʁɛ/	broierait /bʁwa.ʁɛ/	broierions /bʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/	broieriez /bʁwa.ʁje/	broieraient /bʁwa.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	broie /bʁwa/	broies /bʁwa/	broie /bʁwa/	broyions /bʁwaj.jɔ̃/	broyiez /bʁwaj.je/	broient /bʁwa/
	imperfect2	broyasse /bʁwa.jas/	broyasses /bʁwa.jas/	broyât /bʁwa.ja/	broyassions /bʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	broyassiez /bʁwa.ja.sje/	broyassent /bʁwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	broie /bʁwa/	—	broyons /bʁwa.jɔ̃/	broyez /bʁwa.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).

Derived terms

• broyer du noir

Further reading

• “broyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.