deafness

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Etymology

From deaf +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛfnəs/

Noun

deafness (countable and uncountable; plural deafnesses)

1. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
2. (figuratively) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.

   their deafness to her cries

Related terms

• deaf
• deafen

Translations

condition of being deaf

• Armenian: խլություն (hy) (xlut’yun)
• Catalan: sordesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聾 (cmn), 聋 (cmn) (lóng)

• Czech: hluchota (cs) f
• Dutch: doofheid (nl) f
• Estonian: kuulmispuue (et)
• Finnish: kuurous (fi)
• French: surdité (fr) f
• German: (complete): Taubheit (de) f, Gehörlosigkeit (de) f; (partial): Schwerhörigkeit (de) f
• Greek: κώφωση (el) (kófosi) f, κωφότητα (el) (kofótita) f

• Hebrew: חירשות (he) (khershut) f
• Latvian: kurlums (lv) m
• Navajo: ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́
• Polish: głuchota (pl) f
• Russian: глухота (ru) (gluxotá) f
• Scottish Gaelic: buidhre f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глувоћа (sh) f, глувост (sh) f (Serbian), глухоћа (sh) f, глухост (sh) f (Bosnian, Croatian)

  Roman: gluvoća (sh) f, gluvost (sh) f (Serbian), gluhoća (sh) f, gluhost (sh) f (Bosnian, Croatian)

• Spanish: sordera (es) f
• Telugu: చెవుడు (te) (chevuDu), చెవిటితనం (te) (cheviTitanam)

See also

• anosmia
• blindness