English noun: Braille | |||
| 1. | Braille (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | Louis Braille | ||
| Instance hypernym | educator, pedagog, pedagogue | ||
| 2. | braille (communication) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point system | ||
English verb: braille | |||
| 1. | braille (communication) transcribe in braille | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transcribe, transliterate | ||