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Brailler
brailler
brailler
See also: Brailler
English
Noun
brailler (plural braillers)
- (technology) A typewriter used to emboss paper with braille cells to be read by the visually impaired instead of using a manual stylus.
- 2005, Jean E. Olmstead, Itinerant teaching (page 190)
- Use pads under braillers to reduce noise and under reading-writing stands to counteract sliding.
- 2005, Jean E. Olmstead, Itinerant teaching (page 190)
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bragulare, from Latin bragere. Compare braire. Cognate with the English bray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɑje/
Verb
brailler
Conjugation
Conjugation of brailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | brailler | avoir braillé | |||||
| gerund | en braillant | en ayant braillé | |||||
| present participle | braillant /bʁa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | braillé /bʁa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | braille /bʁaj/ |
brailles /bʁaj/ |
braille /bʁaj/ |
braillons /bʁa.jɔ̃/ |
braillez /bʁa.je/ |
braillent /bʁaj/ |
| imperfect | braillais /bʁa.jɛ/ |
braillais /bʁa.jɛ/ |
braillait /bʁa.jɛ/ |
braillions /bʁaj.jɔ̃/ |
brailliez /bʁaj.je/ |
braillaient /bʁa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | braillai /bʁa.je/ |
braillas /bʁa.ja/ |
brailla /bʁa.ja/ |
braillâmes /bʁa.jam/ |
braillâtes /bʁa.jat/ |
braillèrent /bʁa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | braillerai /bʁaj.ʁe/ |
brailleras /bʁaj.ʁa/ |
braillera /bʁaj.ʁa/ |
braillerons /bʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ |
braillerez /bʁaj.ʁe/ |
brailleront /bʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | braillerais /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ |
braillerais /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ |
braillerait /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ |
braillerions /bʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brailleriez /bʁa.jə.ʁje/ |
brailleraient /bʁaj.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | braille /bʁaj/ |
brailles /bʁaj/ |
braille /bʁaj/ |
braillions /bʁaj.jɔ̃/ |
brailliez /bʁaj.je/ |
braillent /bʁaj/ |
| imperfect1 |
braillasse /bʁa.jas/ |
braillasses /bʁa.jas/ |
braillât /bʁa.ja/ |
braillassions /bʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
braillassiez /bʁa.ja.sje/ |
braillassent /bʁa.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | braille /bʁaj/ |
— | braillons /bʁa.jɔ̃/ |
braillez /bʁa.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||