Complete Definition of "Braille"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Noun
Braille or (especially US) braille

  1. A system of writing invented by w:Louis Braille|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.

Translations
Esperanto: Brajlo
Finnish: sokeainkirjoitus, pistekirjoitus
German: Brailleschrift f
Hebrew: �ת� �ר��|�ת� �ר��� (ktav brail)
Japanese: �� (���, tenji), ������ (�������, Buraiyu tenji)
Russian: азб�ка ��айл� (ázbuka Brájlja) f
Spanish: Braille m
Swedish: Brailleskrift, punktskrift

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Of, relating to or written in Braille.

See also
w:Braille|Wikipedia article on Braille

Category:English eponyms


Dutch

Noun
Braille

  1. Braille

Spanish

Noun
Braille m

  1. Braille
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