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braille

Braille
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [breyl]
    • /breɪl/
    • /breɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [breyl]
    • /breɪl/

Definitions of braille word

  • uncountable noun braille Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers. 3
  • noun braille a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark 3
  • noun braille any writing produced by this method 3
  • verb braille to print or write using this method 3
  • noun braille Louis (lwi). 1809–52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing 3
  • noun braille a system of printing and writing for the blind, in which characters are formed by patterns of raised dots which are felt with the fingers 3

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Origin of braille

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Braille

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

braille popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

braille usage trend in Literature

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