bray
The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the…The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
» I am braying like a donkey.
Meaning
2 sensesThe cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
Eselsschrei, röhren
рёв ослаrjov osla
рев ослаrev osla
the cry of an ass
(broadly)Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
Examples
10 sentencesI am braying like a donkey.
Did you hear a donkey braying?
deHast du den Esel schreien gehört? — raggione
I've never heard a donkey braying.
deIch habe noch nie einen Esel schreien gehört. — raggione
The donkey brays all the time.
ruОсёл постоянно ревёт. — Wezel
deDer Esel iaht die ganze Zeit. — brauchinet
That donkey brays the whole time.
deDer Esel iaht die ganze Zeit. — brauchinet
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal:The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragrō (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”).
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