Deaf

See also Deaf

English

Etymology

Old English dēaf

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛf/

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  Rhymes: -ɛf

• Homophones: Deaf, def

Adjective

Deaf (comparative er, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Deaf

Comparative er

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear.

Synonyms

• hard of hearing
• hearing-impaired

Derived terms

• turn a deaf ear

Translations

not hearing

American Sign Language: 1@Jaw 1@Chin Arabic: أصم ar(ar) ('uSm) Armenian: խուլ hy(hy) (xul) Breton: bouzar br(br) Bulgarian: глух bg(bg) Catalan: sord ca(ca) Chamicuro: majchayi Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 聾, simpl. 聋 (pinyin: lóng) Crimean Tatar: sağır Croatian: gluh hr(hr) Czech: hluchý cs(cs) m. Dutch: doof nl(nl), dove nl(nl) Esperanto: surda eo(eo) Finnish: kuuro, kuulovammainen French: sourd fr(fr) m., sourde fr(fr) f. Galician: xordo gl(gl) German: taub de(de), gehörlos de(de) Greek: κουφός el(el) (koufos), κωφός el(el) (kofos) Hawaiian: kuli Hebrew: חירש (kheresh) m., חירשת (khereshet) f. (not having faculty of hearing) Hungarian: süket hu(hu) Indonesian: tuli id(id) Italian: sordo it(it) m., sorda it(it) f.

Japanese: 聴覚障害者 ja(ja) (chōkaku-shōgaisha), 耳の聞こえない ja(ja) (mimi-no kikoenai), 聾 ja(ja) (tsunbo) , 聾者 ja(ja) (ろうしゃ, rōsha) Kurdish: kerr ku(ku), guhgiran ku(ku), که‌ڕ ku(ku) Latin: surdus la(la) m. Malay: pekak ms(ms) Maori: turi mi(mi) Navajo: ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́ Northern Sami: bealjeheapmi Old English: dēaf Polish: głuchy pl(pl) m. Portuguese: surdo pt(pt) Romanian: surd ro(ro) Russian: глухой ru(ru) (gluxój) Sanskrit: बधिर sa(sa) (badhira) Scots: deif Scottish Gaelic: bodhar Serbian: gluv sr(sr), gluh sr(sr) Slovak: hluchý m., hluchá f. Slovene: gluh m., gluha f., gluho n. Spanish: sordo es(es) Swedish: döv Telugu: చెవిటి (cheviTi) Welsh: byddar cy(cy) West Frisian: dôf fy(fy)

See also

• anosmic
• blind

Noun

the deaf singular collective noun

1. Deaf people considered as a group.

Translations

deaf people considered as a group

Croatian: gluhi m. pl. gluhe f. pl. Dutch: doven m. pl., f. pl. French: les sourds m. pl. German: Taubstumme de(de) pl., rare but more literal: die Tauben m. pl., f. pl. Italian: i sordi m. pl., i non udenti m. pl. Kurdish: که‌ڕ ku(ku) Polish: głusi pl(pl) m. pl.

Russian: глухие m. plural and f. pl. Slovak: nepočujúci m. plural and f. pl. Slovene: gluhi pl. Spanish: sordos m. pl. sordas f. pl. Telugu: చెవిటివాళ్ళు (cheviTivaaLLu) pl., బధిరులు (badhirulu) pl. Welsh: byddar cy(cy) m., byddair cy(cy) pl.

Derived terms

• deaf aid
• deaf and dumb
• deaf-mute
• deafen
• deafness

See also

• Wikipedia article on deafness
• Wikipedia article on cultural Deafness

Anagrams

• adef,
• EDFA
• fade

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæːaf/

Etymology

Common Germanic *daubhaz, from Indo-European *dheubh- (“‘smoky, foggy, dim’”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian dāf, Old Saxon dōf (Dutch doof), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The IE root is also the source of Greek τυφλός (“‘blind’”).

Adjective

dēaf

1. deaf