deafen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfən/
• Rhymes: -ɛfən

Verb

deafen (third-person singular simple present deafens, present participle deafening, simple past and past participle deafened)

1. To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently
2. To make soundproof

Translations

to make deaf

• Breton: bouzarañ (br)
• Bulgarian: оглушавам (bg) (oglušavam)
• Catalan: ensordir (ca)
• Dutch: verdoven (nl), doof maken
• Finnish: kuurouttaa
• French: assourdir (fr)
• German: betäuben (de)

• Indonesian: menulikan (id)
• Japanese: 聾する (ろうする, rōsuru)
• Korean: 귀를 먹먹하게 하다 (gwi-reul meongmeokhage hada)
• Polish: ogłuszać impf, ogłuszyć pf
• Portuguese: ensurdecer
• Romanian: asurzi (ro)
• Russian: оглушать (ru) impf (oglušátʹ), глушить (ru) impf (glušítʹ), оглушить (ru) pf (oglušítʹ)
• Spanish: ensordecer (es)

to make soundproof

• Bulgarian: заглушавам (bg) (zaglušavam), правя звуконепроницаем (pravja zvukonepronicaem)
• Dutch: geluiddicht maken

• Finnish: äänieristää
• Russian: заглушить (ru) pf (zaglušítʹ), приглушить (ru) pf (priglušítʹ)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} surdigar (io)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להתחרש (lehitkharesh)