deaf-mute

See also: deafmute

English

Adjective

deaf-mute (not comparable)

1. (now offensive) Unable to hear or speak.

Synonyms

• deaf and dumb

Translations

unable to hear or speak

• Asturian: sordomudu
• Belarusian: глуханямы́ (hluxanjamý)
• Bulgarian: глухоня́м (gluhonjám)
• Catalan: sordmut
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聾啞／聋哑 (zh) (lóngyǎ), 聋哑 (zh) (lóngyǎ)

• Czech: hluchoněmý
• Danish: døvstum
• Dutch: doofstom (nl)
• Esperanto: surdmuta, surdamuta
• Estonian: kurttumm
• Finnish: kuuromykkä (fi)
• French: sourd-muet (fr)
• Galician: xordomudo
• Georgian: ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
• German: taubstumm (de)
• Greek: κωφάλαλος (el) m (kofálalos)
• Hindi: मूक बधिर (mūk badhir)
• Hungarian: süketnéma (hu), siketnéma
• Italian: sordomuto (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 聾唖の (ja) (ろうあの, rōa no)
• Luxembourgish: dafstomm
• Marathi: मूक बधिर (mūk badhir)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: døvstumme

• Polish: głuchoniemy (pl)
• Portuguese: surdo-mudo (pt)
• Romanian: surdo-mut
• Russian: глухонемо́й (ru) (gluxonemój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глувонем, глухонијем

  Roman: gluvonem (sh), gluhonijem (sh)

• Slovak: hluchonemý (sk)
• Slovene: gluhonem
• Spanish: sordomudo (es)
• Swedish: dövstum (sv)
• Tagalog: pipi at bingi
• Turkish: sağır dilsiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: глухоніми́й (hluxonimýj)
• Vietnamese: câm điếc
• Westrobothnian:

Noun

deaf-mute (plural deaf-mutes)

1. (now offensive) A person who is unable to hear or speak.

Translations

person who is unable to hear or speak

• Catalan: sordmut m, sordmuda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聾啞者／聋哑者, 聋哑者 (lóngyǎzhě), 聾啞人／聋哑人 (lóngyǎrén), 聋哑人 (lóngyǎrén)

• Dutch: doofstomme (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: surdmutulo, surdmutulino (female), surdamutulo, surdamutulino (female)
• Finnish: kuuromykkä (fi)
• French: sourd-muet (fr) m, sourde-muette (fr) f
• Galician: xordomudo m
• Georgian: ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
• German: Taubstummer (de) m, Taubstumme f
• Greek: κωφάλαλος (el) m (kofálalos)
• Hebrew: חירש־אילם m (kheresh-ylem), חירשת־אילמת f (khereshet-ylemet)
• Italian: sordomuto (it) m, sordomuta f
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• Manx: bouyran balloo m
• Polish: głuchoniemy (pl) m, głuchoniema f
• Portuguese: surdo-mudo (pt) m, surda-muda f
• Romanian: surdo-mut m
• Russian: глухонемо́й (ru) m (gluxonemój), глухонема́я (ru) f (gluxonemája)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: gluvonemac m, gluvonemak m, gluvonemica f, gluvonemkinja f

• Spanish: sordomudo (es) m, sordomuda f
• Swedish: dövstum (sv) c
• Tagalog: pipi at bingi
• Telugu: చెవిటిమూగ (te) (ceviṭimūga)
• Turkish: sağır dilsiz (tr)
• Vietnamese: người câm điếc

See also

• blind
• deaf
• mute

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