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Noun: braille  breyl
  1. A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
Verb: braille  breyl
  1. Transcribe in braille
Noun: Braille  breyl
  1. French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
    - Louis Braille

Sounds like: brail

Derived forms: brailling, brailled, Brailles, brailles

Type of: educator, pedagog [US], pedagogue, point system, transcribe, transliterate

Encyclopedia: Braille, Louis