Braille (redirected from Brailles)

Braille or braille  (brl) n. A system of writing and printing for blind or visually impaired people, in which varied arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numerals are identified by touch. tr.v. Brailled or brailled, Braill·ing or braill·ing, Brailles or brailles To print or transliterate using this system. [After Louis Braille.]

Braille Braille alphabet and numerals

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Braille

Noun

a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots interpreted by touch [after Louis Braille, its inventor]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Braille - French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) Louis Braille
	2.	braille - a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
Verb	1.	braille - transcribe in braille transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

Translations

Braille [breɪl] n → Braille m

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Braille [breɪl] n → braille m

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Braille [breɪl] n → Blindenschrift f, Brailleschrift f

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Braille [breɪl] n → braille m