English
Etymology
From deaf -ness
Pronunciation
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Noun
deafness (countable and uncountable plural deafnesses
The condition of being deaf ; the lack or loss of the ability to hear .
( figurative ) their deafness to her cries
Derived terms
Translations
condition of being deaf
Arabic: صَمَم ( ṣamam )
Armenian: խլություն (hy) ( xlutʻyun )
Catalan: sordesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聾 ／ 聋 (zh) ( lóng ) , 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 )
Hindi: बहरापन m ( bahrāpan )
Hunsrik: Daabheet f Daabheit f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: bodhaire f
Italian: sordità (it) f
Kazakh: кереңдік (kk) ( kereñdık )
Latin: surditās 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 ( ceviṭitanaṁ )
See also
