deaf

See also Deaf

English

Etymology

From Old English dēaf, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Homophones: Deaf, def

Adjective

deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)

1. Not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear.

Synonyms

• hard of hearing
• hearing-impaired

Derived terms

• turn a deaf ear
• stone deaf
• fall on deaf ears

Translations

not hearing

American Sign Language: 1@Jaw 1@Chin Arabic: أصم (ar) ('uSm) Armenian: խուլ (hy) (xul) Breton: bouzar (br) Bulgarian: глух (bg) Catalan: sord (ca) Chamicuro: majchayi Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 聾, simpl. 聋 (pinyin: lóng) Crimean Tatar: sağır Croatian: gluh (hr) Czech: hluchý (cs) m. Danish: døv (da) Dutch: doof (nl), dove (nl) Esperanto: surda (eo) Faroese: deyvur (fo) Finnish: kuuro, kuulovammainen French: sourd (fr) m., sourde (fr) f. Galician: xordo (gl) German: taub (de), gehörlos (de) Greek: κωφός (el) (kofós) m., κουφός (el) (koufós) m. Hawaiian: kuli Hebrew: חירש (kheresh) m., חירשת (khereshet) f. (not having faculty of hearing) Hungarian: süket (hu) Icelandic: daufur (is) Indonesian: tuli (id) Italian: sordo (it) m., sorda (it) f. Japanese: 聴覚障害者 (ja) (chōkaku-shōgaisha), 耳の聞こえない (ja) (mimi-no kikoenai), 聾 (ja) (tsunbo) , 聾者 (ja) (ろうしゃ, rōsha)

Kurdish: kerr (ku), guhgiran (ku), که‌ڕ (ku) Latin: surdus (la) m. Low German: dow (nds) Malay: pekak (ms) Maori: turi (mi) Navajo: ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́ Ngarrindjeri: plombatji Northern Sami: bealjeheapmi Norwegian: døv (no) Old English: dēaf Persian: کر (fa) (kar), ناشنوا (fa) (nâšenavâ) Polish: głuchy (pl) m. Portuguese: surdo (pt) Romanian: surd (ro) Russian: глухой (ru) (gluxój) Sanskrit: बधिर (sa) (badhira) Scots: deif Scottish Gaelic: bodhar Serbian: gluv (sr), gluh (sr) Slovak: hluchý m., hluchá f. Slovene: gluh m., gluha f., gluho n. Spanish: sordo (es) Swedish: döv (sv) Telugu: చెవిటి (cheviTi) Turkish: sağır (tr) Welsh: byddar (cy) West Frisian: dôf (fy)

See also

• anosmic
• blind

Noun

deaf

1. Deaf people considered as a group.

Translations

deaf people considered as a group

Catalan: els sords m. pl. Croatian: gluhi m. pl. gluhe f. pl. Dutch: doven m. pl., f. pl. French: les sourds m. pl. German: Taubstumme (de) pl., rare but more literal: die Tauben m. pl., f. pl. Hebrew: חירשים (he) (kher'shím) m. pl. Italian: i sordi m. pl., i non udenti m. pl. Kurdish: که‌ڕ (ku)

Polish: głusi (pl) m. pl. Russian: глухие m. plural and f. pl. Slovak: nepočujúci m. plural and f. pl. Slovene: gluhi pl. Spanish: sordos m. pl. sordas f. pl. Telugu: చెవిటివాళ్ళు (cheviTivaaLLu) pl., బధిరులు (badhirulu) pl. Welsh: byddar (cy) m., byddair (cy) pl.

Derived terms

• deaf aid
• deaf and dumb
• deaf-mute
• deafen
• deafness

See also

• Wikipedia article on deafness
• Wikipedia article on cultural Deafness

Anagrams

• EDFA
• fade

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæːaf/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Indo-European *dheubh- (“smoky, foggy, dim”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian dāf, Old Saxon dōf (Low German dow), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek τυφλός (“blind”).

Adjective

dēaf

1. deaf