broyer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited 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”), Italian sbrigare (“to handle, to deal with”), Sicilian sbrija and sbrijuni (“lever to knead dough”). More at break. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁwa.je/ === Verb === broyer to crush, grind (figuratively, slang) to crush in a fight (slang, sports) to outpower ==== 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'. ==== Derived terms ==== broyer du noir broyeur === Further reading === “broyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012