braille

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Braille^¹

proper noun

Louis Braille

noun

uncountable Alternative letter-case form of braille

adjective

not comparable Alternative letter-case form of braille

braille^²

/ˈbɹeɪ̯l/
/ˈbɹeɪ.əl/
[ˈbɹʷeɪ̯l]
/ˈbɹaɪ̯/
[ˈbɹʷaɪ̯]

Sounds like braai · Rhymes with -eɪl, -aɪ

Where it comes from

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

noun brailles · Braille

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

verb brailles · brailling · brailled · Braille

To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system. I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
broadly, informal to identify something by touch.

adjective Braille

not comparable Of, relating to or written in braille.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: print, e-text, pdf, grade, bray, beryl, brill, readers, brailler, optophone, nemeth braille, inkprint, bharati braille, braille block, punctograph, lexiphone

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noun system of writing using raised dots

Español	braille
한국어	점자 jeomja
日本語	点字 tenji, ブライユ点字 Buraiyu tenji
中文	盲文 mángwén, 點字 /点字 diǎnzì, 盲字 mángzì
Português	braile, braille
Français	braille, Braille
Deutsch	Brailleschrift, Blindenschrift
Italiano	braille
Ελληνικά	κώδικας Μπράιγ kódikas Bráig
Русский	а́збука Бра́йля ázbuka Brájlja, систе́ма Бра́йля sistéma Brájlja, брайль brajlʹ
Tiếng Việt	chữ nổi
עברית	כתב בריל ktav brail

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@misc{braille_2026,
  title = {braille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/braille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}