Louis Braille, who was blind from the age of three, invented a way for the blind to read.
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Braille
//ˈbɹeɪl//
Synonyms for "braille" (26 found)
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39 translations across 26 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏂᎨᏫ ᎤᏃᏪᎶᏙᏗ noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 盲字 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- 盲文 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- 點字 /点字 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Danish
1 entries- punktskrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Dutch
1 entries- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Esperanto
1 entries- Brajlo noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Finnish
3 entries- pistekirjoitus noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- kirjoittaa pistekirjoituksella verb (to write in braille)
- tunnistaa tunnustelemalla verb (to identify by touch)
French
2 entries- Braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Georgian
2 entries- ბრაილი noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- ბრაილის შრიფტი noun (system of writing using raised dots)
German
2 entries- Blindenschrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- Brailleschrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Greek
1 entries- κώδικας Μπράιγ noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Hebrew
1 entries- כתב בריל noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Icelandic
1 entries- blindraletur noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Irish
2 entries- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- scríbhneoireacht bhraille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Italian
1 entries- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Japanese
2 entries- ブライユ点字 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- 点字 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Korean
1 entries- 점자 noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Māori
1 entries- tuhi matapō noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Norwegian
1 entries- blindeskrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Portuguese
2 entries- braile noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Russian
3 entries- а́збука Бра́йля noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- брайль noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- систе́ма Бра́йля noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Spanish
1 entries- braille noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Swedish
2 entries- Brailleskrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
- punktskrift noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Telugu
1 entries- బ్రెయిలీ noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chữ nổi noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Volapük
1 entries- bleinanatonatem noun (system of writing using raised dots)
Sample sentences
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Blind people read by touching, using a system of raised dots called Braille.
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Can you Braille?
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Can you write Braille?
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