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braille

See also: Braille and braillé

English

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ATM keypad with braille

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɪ/ (approximating French pronunciation; uncommon)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

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braille (countable and uncountable, plural brailles)

  1. A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.
    • 1963, S. C. Ashcroft, Freda Henderson, Programmed Instruction in Braille, Stanwix House, →ISBN, page 6:
      Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.

Usage notes

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The Braille Authority of North America recommends using lower-case braille for the script, and reserving capital Braille for the man. However, the script is commonly capitalized as well. In British English, the capitalised form Braille should always be used.

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Verb

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braille (third-person singular simple present brailles, present participle brailling, simple past and past participle brailled)

  1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
    I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
    • 1967, Carlton Fredericks, Federal Trade Commission Decisions, volume 71, page 237:
      the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled
  2. (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.

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Adjective

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braille (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or written in braille.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French braille.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbraːi̯ə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: brail‧le

Noun

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braille n (uncountable)

  1. braille

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852).

Noun

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braille m (plural brailles)

  1. braille
    • 2004, “Catalogue”, in Bâtards Sensibles, performed by TTC:
      Tu nous sens venir / Ou tu veux qu’on te parle en braille ?
      Do you feel us coming / Or do you want us to speak to you in braille?

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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braille

  1. inflection of brailler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English braille.

Noun

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braille m (genitive singular braille)

  1. braille
    Synonym: scríbhneoireacht bhraille

Declension

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Declension of braille

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative braille
Vocative a bhraille
Genitive braille
Dative braille

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an braille
Genitive an bhraille
Dative leis an mbraille

don bhraille

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braille bhraille mbraille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

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Noun

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braille

  1. Alternative form of brayle

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾaj.li/ [ˈbɾaɪ̯.li]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾaj.le/ [ˈbɾaɪ̯.le]

Noun

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braille m (plural brailles)

  1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbɾaiʝe/ [ˈbɾai̯.ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈbɾaiʎe/ [ˈbɾai̯.ʎe]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbɾaiʃe/ [ˈbɾai̯.ʃe]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbɾaiʒe/ [ˈbɾai̯.ʒe]

 

    • Syllabification: brai‧lle

Noun

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braille m (uncountable)

  1. braille

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