English

Proper noun

Braille

1. Louis Braille

Noun

Braille ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of braille

Adjective

Braille ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of braille

Anagrams

• liberal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Brail‧le

Noun

Braille n ‎(uncountable)

1. Braille

English

Alternative forms

• Braille

Noun

braille ‎(countable and uncountable, plural brailles)

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. In British English, the capitalised form Braille should always be used.

Derived terms

• brailler
• braillewriter

Translations

Verb

braille ‎(third-person singular simple present brailles, present participle brailling, simple past and past participle brailled)

1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.

   I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.

Adjective

braille ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or written in braille.

Anagrams

• liberal, Liberal

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

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English braille.

Noun

braille m ‎(genitive singular braille)

1. braille

Declension

Mutation

References

• "braille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• braile

Noun

braille m (plural brailles)

1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)

Spanish

Proper noun

braille m

1. braille