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.
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'.
More information infinitive, simple ...
| broyer |
| avoir + past participle |
broyant
/bʁwa.jɑ̃/ |
| ayant + past participle |
broyé
/bʁwa.je/ |
| indicative |
je (j’) |
tu |
il, elle, on |
nous |
vous |
ils, elles |
(simple
tenses) |
present |
broie
/bʁwa/ |
broies
/bʁwa/ |
broie
/bʁwa/ |
broyons
/bʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
broyez
/bʁwa.je/ |
broient
/bʁwa/ |
| imperfect |
broyais
/bʁwa.jɛ/ |
broyais
/bʁwa.jɛ/ |
broyait
/bʁwa.jɛ/ |
broyions
/bʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
broyiez
/bʁwaj.je/ |
broyaient
/bʁwa.jɛ/ |
| past historic2 |
broyai
/bʁwa.je/ |
broyas
/bʁwa.ja/ |
broya
/bʁwa.ja/ |
broyâmes
/bʁwa.jam/ |
broyâtes
/bʁwa.jat/ |
broyèrent
/bʁwa.jɛʁ/ |
| future |
broierai
/bʁwa.ʁe/ |
broieras
/bʁwa.ʁa/ |
broiera
/bʁwa.ʁa/ |
broierons
/bʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
broierez
/bʁwa.ʁe/ |
broieront
/bʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
| conditional |
broierais
/bʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
broierais
/bʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
broierait
/bʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
broierions
/bʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
broieriez
/bʁwa.ʁje/ |
broieraient
/bʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
(compound
tenses) |
present perfect |
present indicative of avoir + past participle |
| pluperfect |
imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle |
| past anterior2 |
past historic of avoir + past participle |
| future perfect |
future of avoir + past participle |
| conditional perfect |
conditional of avoir + past participle |
| subjunctive |
que je (j’) |
que tu |
qu’il, qu’elle |
que nous |
que vous |
qu’ils, qu’elles |
(simple
tenses) |
present |
broie
/bʁwa/ |
broies
/bʁwa/ |
broie
/bʁwa/ |
broyions
/bʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
broyiez
/bʁwaj.je/ |
broient
/bʁwa/ |
| imperfect2 |
broyasse
/bʁwa.jas/ |
broyasses
/bʁwa.jas/ |
broyât
/bʁwa.ja/ |
broyassions
/bʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
broyassiez
/bʁwa.ja.sje/ |
broyassent
/bʁwa.jas/ |
(compound
tenses) |
past |
present subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| pluperfect2 |
imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| imperative |
– |
tu |
– |
nous |
vous |
– |
| simple |
— |
broie
/bʁwa/ |
— |
broyons
/bʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
broyez
/bʁwa.je/ |
— |
| compound |
— |
simple imperative of avoir + past participle |
— |
simple imperative of avoir + past participle |
simple imperative of avoir + past participle |
— |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. |
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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