braille
French, noun
braille is a French masculine noun meaning “braille” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of brailler. With an accent, braillé is a different word: “past participle of brailler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Système d’alphabet en relief permettant aux aveugles et aux malvoyants de lire et d’écrire”.
What does braille mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebraille
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of brailler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Système d’alphabet en relief permettant aux aveugles et aux malvoyants de lire et d’écrire.
noun: 1. Pelle pour remuer les harengs salés.
noun: 1. Balle du blé séparé du grain. 2. Pantalon. Note d’usage : Ce terme est généralement utilisé au pluriel.
noun: 1. Hareng.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of braille
- brailles plural
- braillée feminine
- braillés masculine plural
- braillées feminine plural
- Braille
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to braille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is braille in French?
braille appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).