braille
To write in, or convert into, the braille writing systemTo write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
» Can you write Braille?
Ты умеешь писать по Брайлю?
Вы умеете писать по Брайлю?
Meaning
2 sensesTo write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
(broadly, informal)To identify something by touch.
- transcribe in braille
Examples
10 sentencesCan you write Braille?
ruТы умеешь писать по Брайлю?
Books written in braille are very important for people with visual impairments.
My grandfather had a braille book about Esperanto and Ido.
The child had written in Braille on a Personal Digital Assistant.
Blind people read by touching, using a system of raised dots called Braille.
ruСлепые читают на ощупь, используя систему выпуклых точек под названием "шрифт Брайля".
deBlinde Menschen lesen durch Berühren, dabei benutzen sie ein System von erhabenen Punkten, das Brailleschrift genannt wird.
Origin
Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead.
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Forms
brailles, brailling, brailled, brailledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle