prépayer

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁe.pɛ.je/ ~ /pʁe.pe.je/ === Verb === prépayer prepay (to pay in advance) ==== 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).