braille
English
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Alternative forms
- Braille
Etymology
Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /l/ seems to reflect a spelling-pronunciation; French has /j/ instead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
braille (countable and uncountable, plural brailles)
- A system of writing 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.
- 1963, S. C. Ashcroft; Freda Henderson, Programmed Instruction in Braille, Stanwix House, →ISBN, page 6:
- Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.
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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
- Bharati braille
- brailler
- braillewriter
Translations
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Verb
braille (third-person singular simple present brailles, present participle brailling, simple past and past participle brailled)
- To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
- I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
- 1967, Carlton Fredericks, Federal Trade Commission Decisions, vol. 71, p. 237:
- the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled
- (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.
Adjective
braille (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or written in braille.
Further reading
braille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Briella, Liberal, liberal
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Braille (unofficial)
Etymology
Borrowed from French braille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbraːi̯ə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Brail‧le
Noun
braille n (uncountable)
- braille
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁaj/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852).
Noun
braille m (plural brailles)
- braille
- 2004, “Catalogue”, in Bâtards Sensibles, performed by TTC:
- Tu nous sens venir / Ou tu veux qu'on te parle en braille ?
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
braille
- inflection of brailler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “braille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bâiller, libéral
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English braille.
Noun
braille m (genitive singular braille)
- braille
- Synonym: scríbhneoireacht bhraille
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cló bhraille m (“braille type”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
braille | bhraille | mbraille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “braille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “braille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “braille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “braille” in the National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle English
Noun
braille
- Alternative form of brayle
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- braile
Noun
braille m (plural brailles)
- braille (system of writing using raised dots)
Spanish
Proper noun
braille m
- braille
Further reading
- “braille”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014