bramer

See also: Bramer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bramer, from Old Occitan bramar, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*brammōn), *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to bellow, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-. Compare Middle Low German brammen (“to roar”), Dutch brommen (“to bellow”), English brim. More at brim.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁa.me/
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Homophones: bramai, bramé, bramée, bramées, bramés, bramez

Verb

bramer

to bellow
to troat (make the cry of a deer)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bramer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	bramer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	bramant /bʁa.mɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bramé /bʁa.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brame /bʁam/	brames /bʁam/	brame /bʁam/	bramons /bʁa.mɔ̃/	bramez /bʁa.me/	brament /bʁam/
	imperfect	bramais /bʁa.mɛ/	bramais /bʁa.mɛ/	bramait /bʁa.mɛ/	bramions /bʁa.mjɔ̃/	bramiez /bʁa.mje/	bramaient /bʁa.mɛ/
	past historic²	bramai /bʁa.me/	bramas /bʁa.ma/	brama /bʁa.ma/	bramâmes /bʁa.mam/	bramâtes /bʁa.mat/	bramèrent /bʁa.mɛʁ/
	future	bramerai /bʁam.ʁe/	brameras /bʁam.ʁa/	bramera /bʁam.ʁa/	bramerons /bʁam.ʁɔ̃/	bramerez /bʁam.ʁe/	brameront /bʁam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bramerais /bʁam.ʁɛ/	bramerais /bʁam.ʁɛ/	bramerait /bʁam.ʁɛ/	bramerions /bʁa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	brameriez /bʁa.mə.ʁje/	brameraient /bʁam.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	brame /bʁam/	brames /bʁam/	brame /bʁam/	bramions /bʁa.mjɔ̃/	bramiez /bʁa.mje/	brament /bʁam/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	bramasse /bʁa.mas/	bramasses /bʁa.mas/	bramât /bʁa.ma/	bramassions /bʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/	bramassiez /bʁa.ma.sje/	bramassent /bʁa.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	brame /bʁam/	—	bramons /bʁa.mɔ̃/	bramez /bʁa.me/	—
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).

Anagrams

ambrer, marbre, marbré