Noun: braille
| Singular | braille |
| Plural | brailles |
Sample Sentences
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Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books. [1963, S. C. Ashcroft, Freda Henderson, Programmed Instruction in Braille, Stanwix House, →ISBN, page 6:]
Nouns inflected like braille
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead. See: French Nouns '
braille'.
Verbs referencing "braille"
Irish Nouns
braille.