deaf

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English dēaf

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛf/
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  Rhymes: -ɛf

[edit] Homophones

• Deaf
• def

[edit] Adjective

deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• hard of hearing
• hearing-impaired

[edit] Derived terms

• turn a deaf ear

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[edit] See also

• anosmic
• blind

[edit] Noun

the deaf singular collective noun

1. Deaf people considered as a group.

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[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on deafness
• Wikipedia article on cultural Deafness

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adef
• EDFA
• fade

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæːaf/

[edit] Etymology

Common Germanic *daubhaz, from Indo-European *dheubh- (“‘smoky, foggy, dim’”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian dāf, Old Saxon dōf (Dutch doof), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The IE root is also the source of Greek τυφλός (“‘blind’”).

[edit] Adjective

dēaf

1. deaf