HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Protactile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/pɹoʊtæktaɪl/

Definitions

  1. A dialect of American Sign Language that communicates with touch.
  2. Alternative spelling of Protactile.
    alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Exploring the linguistic phenomenon of pro-tactile has lead Terra Edwards to make distinctions between Tactile ASL (TASL) and Visual ASL (VASL) (www.protactile.org, October 3, 2014).”
“ProTactile builds on this quality of expression, alive with decisions made on the fly, touches become pass-words for fields of composition as yet uncharted.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See Protactile used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course