braille

CEFRC1

/ˈbɹeɪ̯l/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A system of raised dots used by blind people to read.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Blind people read by touching, using a system of raised dots called Braille.

  • My grandfather had a braille book about Esperanto and Ido.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbɹaɪ̯/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of braille.

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. to identify something by touch.

More examples

In context

  • I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.

  • Can you write Braille?

  • Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The blind student read the book using raised dots in blank language.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead.