frayer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French freier, from Latin fricāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁɛ.je/ ~ /fʁe.je/ === Verb === frayer (obsolete) to rub (zoology, intransitive) to spawn, to fertilize an egg (transitive) to open up, clear (a path, a way, etc.) se frayer un chemin à travers quelque chose ― to clear a path for oneself across to something (intransitive) to mix, to associate [with avec ‘with’] frayer avec quelqu'un ― to associate with someone ==== 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). ==== Derived terms ==== frai === Further reading === “frayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012