braille

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
2. (broadly, informal) to identify something by touch.

Adj

Of, relating to or written in braille.

Sinonieme

author

Braille

cut

draft

drop a line

letter

make out

pen

🖊️

spell

type

write

✍️

write in

write off

point system

Vertalings

Blindenschrift

braille

braille

braille

braille

braille

brailleschrift

braille

blindenschrift

Braille

Brailleschrift

braile

transcribir en braille

كتابة بريل

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɹeɪl/

Etimologie (Engels)

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