braille
/ˈbɹeɪ̯l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Louis Braille
adj
Alternative letter-case form of braille.
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.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
adj
Of, relating to or written in braille.
Example Sentences
- "Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books."
- "I played back my recorded notes and brailled them."
- "the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled"
Etymology
Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: braille