It is possible to write Braille by hand using a slate and a stylus.
Source: tatoeba (1825256)
Stylus
/ˈstaɪ.ləs/
Synonyms for "stylus" (60 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Noun(1 words)
active stylus
audio sound systemaudiophilebinaural systembitch boxbullhorncartridgeceramic pickupchalkchangercrystal pickupderived four-channel system
Strong matches (18)
Noun(4 words)
digital peninput peninscribing implementinscribing tool
discrete four-channel systemfour-channel stereo systemgramophonehi fihi-fihi-fi fanhigh-fidelityinkintercomintercommunication systemjukeboxmagnetic pickupmaterialmonaural system
Related words (30)
mononeedlenickelodeonpapa systemphonographphotoelectric pickuppickuppublic address systempublic-address systemquadraphonic sound systemradio-phonograph combinationrecord changerrecord playersound reproduction systemsound trucksquawk boxstereosystemtap
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
6 entriesactive styluscapacitive styluscuneiform stylusdigital penmetal styluspressure sensitive stylus
Collocations
6 entriesactive styluscapacitive stylusdigital stylusstylus pentouchscreen styluswriting stylus
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐγκεντρίς noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Belarusian
1 entries- стыло́ noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Bulgarian
2 entries- игличка noun (phonograph needle)
- сти́лус noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Catalan
1 entries- estil noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 唱針 /唱针 noun (phonograph needle)
- 描畫針 /描画针 noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Dutch
4 entries- griffel noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- naald noun (phonograph needle)
- schrijfstift noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- stylus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Esperanto
2 entries- grifelo noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- nadlo noun (phonograph needle)
Finnish
2 entries- neula noun (phonograph needle)
- stilus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
French
3 entries- saphir noun (phonograph needle)
- style noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- stylet noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
German
4 entries- Grammofonnadel noun (phonograph needle)
- Saphir noun (phonograph needle)
- Schreibgriffel noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- Schreibspitze noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Greek
2 entries- βελόνα noun (phonograph needle)
- γραφίδα noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Hungarian
2 entries- gramofontű noun (phonograph needle)
- íróvessző noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Italian
2 entries- puntina noun (phonograph needle)
- stilo noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Japanese
1 entries- スタイラス noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Korean
2 entries- 스타일러스 noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- 첨필 noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Latin
1 entries- stilus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- stift noun (phonograph needle)
- stylus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- stift noun (phonograph needle)
- stylus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Polish
1 entries- stylus noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Portuguese
4 entries- agulha noun (phonograph needle)
- estilete noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- estilo noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- safira noun (phonograph needle)
Romanian
1 entries- stil noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Russian
4 entries- иго́лка noun (phonograph needle)
- сти́лос noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- сти́лус noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- стило́ noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Spanish
3 entries- aguja noun (phonograph needle)
- estilete noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- estilo noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Ukrainian
4 entries- сти́лос noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- сти́лус noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- стило́ noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
- стиль noun (tool for writing on clay tablets)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Many devices with resistive touchscreens also include a stylus for more precise pointing.
Source: tatoeba (10763418)
A simple plastic stylus won't work on a smartphone's capacitive touchscreen. You need a capacitive or active stylus instead.
Source: tatoeba (10763420)
Paul wrote hi with his stylus.
Source: tatoeba (11656464)
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.