deafness

English

Etymology

From deaf +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /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

Derived terms

Terms derived from deafness

• peri-lingual deafness
• post-lingual deafness

• stress deafness
• word-deafness

Translations

condition of being deaf

• Armenian: խլություն (hy) (xlutʿyun)
• Catalan: sordesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聾 (zh), 聋 (zh) (lóng)

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

  Ancient: κωφότης f (kōphótēs)

• Hebrew: חירשות‎ f (khershut)
• Irish: bodhaire f

• Italian: sordità (it) f
• Latvian: kurlums m
• Malay: kepekakan, ketulian
• Navajo: ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́
• Polish: głuchota (pl) f
• Portuguese: surdez (pt) f
• Russian: глухота́ (ru) f (gluxotá)
• Scottish Gaelic: buidhre f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глуво̀ћа f, глувост f (Serbian), глухо̀ћа f, глухост f (Bosnian, Croatian)

  Roman: gluvòća (sh) f, gluvost f (Serbian), gluhòća (sh) f, gluhost f (Bosnian, Croatian)

• Spanish: sordera (es) f
• Telugu: చెవుడు (te) (cevuḍu), చెవిటితనం (ceviṭitanaṃ)

See also

• anosmia
• blindness