embrayer

== French == === Etymology === From en- +‎ braie +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ ~ /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ === Verb === embrayer to engage (to mesh or interlock) to engage, set in motion (colloquial) to begin, engage (to draw into conversation) ==== Conjugation ==== 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). ==== Antonyms ==== débrayer ==== Derived terms ==== embrayage === Further reading === “embrayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012