See also Deaf
English [ ]
Etymology [ ]
Old English dēaf
Pronunciation [ ]
IPA : /dɛf/
Rhymes: -ɛf
Homophones: Deaf , def
Adjective [ ]
Deaf (comparative er , superlative {{{2}}} )
Not having the faculty of hearing , or only partially able to hear.
Synonyms [ ]
hard of hearing
hearing-impaired
Derived terms [ ]
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 [ ]
Noun [ ]
the deaf singular collective noun
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.
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Old English [ ]
Pronunciation [ ]
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
deaf
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id:deaf
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