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 | ||