braille

See also Braille, and braillé

English

Alternative forms

• Braille

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

braille

1. A system of writing invented by Louis Braille, in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

Usage notes

The Braille Authority of North America recommends using lower-case braille for the script, and reserve capital Braille for the man. However, the script is commonly capitalized as well.

Derived terms

• brailler
• braillewriter

Translations

system of writing using raised dots

• Catalan: braille (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盲文 (cmn) (mángwén), 點字 (cmn), 点字 (cmn) (diǎnzì), 凸字 (cmn) (tūzì)

• Danish: punktskrift (da) c
• Esperanto: Brajlo (eo)
• Finnish: sokeainkirjoitus (fi), pistekirjoitus (fi)
• French: braille (fr) m, Braille (fr) m
• German: Brailleschrift (de) f, Blindenschrift (de) f
• Greek: κώδικας Μπράιγ (el) (kódikas Bráig) m
• Hebrew: כתב בריל (he) (ktav brail) m

• Icelandic: blindraletur (is) n
• Japanese: 点字 (ja) (てんじ, tenji), ブライユ点字 (ja) (ブライユてんじ, Buraiyu tenji)
• Korean: 점자 (ko) (jeomja)
• Norwegian: blindeskrift (no) m
• Portuguese: braile (pt) c, braille (pt) c
• Russian: азбука Брайля (ru) (ázbuka Brájlja) f, система Брайля (ru) (sistéma Brájlja) f, брайль (ru) (brajl') m
• Spanish: braille (es) m
• Swedish: Brailleskrift (sv), punktskrift (sv)
• Volapük: bleinanatonatem (vo)

Adjective

braille (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or written in braille.

External links

• Braille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• liberal, Liberal

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French

Verb

braille

1. first-person singular present indicative of brailler
2. third-person singular present indicative of brailler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brailler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brailler
5. second-person singular imperative of brailler

Anagrams

• bâiller, libéral

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Spanish

Proper noun

braille m

1. Braille