Braille
[ breyl ]
/ breɪl /
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noun
Louis [loo-is, loo-ee; French lwee], /ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i; French lwi/, 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
a system of writing or printing, devised by L. Braille for use by the blind, in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent letters, characters, etc., that are read by touch.
verb (used with object), Brailled, Braill·ing.
to write or transliterate in Braille characters.
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Origin of Braille
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby Braille
braided channel, braided stream, braiding, brail, Brăila, Braille, Braillewriter, Braillist, Brailowsky, brain, brainbox
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British Dictionary definitions for Braille (1 of 2)
Braille1
/ (breɪl) /
noun
a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark
any writing produced by this methodCompare Moon
verb
(tr) to print or write using this method
British Dictionary definitions for Braille (2 of 2)
Braille2
/ (French braj) /
noun
Louis (lwi). 1809–52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing
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Cultural definitions for Braille
Braille
A system of writing and printing for the blind in which arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numbers can be identified by touch.
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