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- [brey]
- /breɪ/
- /breɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [brey]
- /breɪ/
Definitions of bray word
- verb bray When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound. 3
- verb bray If someone brays, they make a loud harsh sound or talk in a loud harsh way. 3
- verb bray Bray is also a noun. 3
- verb bray (of a donkey) to utter its characteristic loud harsh sound; heehaw 3
- verb bray to make a similar sound, as in laughing 3
- verb bray to utter with a loud harsh sound 3
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Origin of bray
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English brayen < Old French braire to cry out (cognate with Medieval Latin bragīre to neigh) < Celtic; compare Old Irish braigid (he) breaks wind
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bray
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bray popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bray usage trend in Literature
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