braiment
French, noun
braiment is spelled B-R-A-I-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Braiment is a French masculine noun meaning “bray (sound made by a donkey/ass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, braîment is a different word: “dated spelling of braiment”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cri de l’âne”.
What does braiment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebray (sound made by a donkey/ass)
noun
- 1
masculinedated spelling of braiment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cri de l’âne. 2. Cri d’un homme ressemblant à celui de l’âne.
noun: 1. Cri de l’âne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of braiment
- braîments plural
- braiments plural
- braîment alternative dated
- braiement alternative
- braiment
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to braiment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is braiment in French?
braiment appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).