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Blissymbols en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Bliss + symbols.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of Blissymbol
    form of Blissymbol

Blissymbols en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of Bliss + symbols.

Meanings

  1. A constructed language with only a written form, using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.
    • In the 1970s, disabled people who couldn't write or speak—such as those with cerebral palsy—used Blissymbols to communicate by point to the drawings on a large board. It was time-consuming and required a person who knew Blissymbols to help translate. 2020, Carla Sinclair, Girl Genius, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

Relateds

Semantography

Synonyms

Blissymbolics

Translations (4)

ja ブリスシンボル (constructed language) · de Bliss-Symbole (constructed language) · fi bliss-kieli (constructed language) · ga siombailí Bliss (constructed language)