Deaf

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 See also 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective

English

Etymology

Old English dēaf

Pronunciation

IPA: /dɛf/

Homophones

• def

Adjective

deaf or Deaf depending on the meaning; see the definitions below.

1. (deaf; comparative deafer, superlative deafest) Not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear.
2. (Deaf; (no comparative or superlative)) When capitalized, of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign language.

Synonyms

• hard of hearing
• hearing-impaired

Translations

not having the faculty of hearing

Catalan: sord Croatian: gluh Czech: hluchý Dutch: doof, dove Esperanto: surda Finnish: kuuro, kuulovammainen French: sourd m., sourde f. German: taub Hawaiian: kuli

Hungarian: süket Indonesian: tuli Italian: sordo m., sorda f. Kurdish: kerr, guhgiran Maori: turi Old English: dēaf Russian: Ð³Ð»ÑƒÑ Ð¾Ð¹ m., Ð³Ð»ÑƒÑ Ð°Ñ f. Slovak: hluchý m., hluchá f. Spanish: sordo m. Swedish: döv Telugu: చెవిటి (cheviTi)

relating to the culture surrounding deafness

Dutch: doven-

Swedish: döv-

Noun

the deaf singular collective noun

1. Deaf people considered as a group.

Translations

deaf people considered as a group

Dutch: doven m. pl, f. pl French: les sourds m. plural German: Taube ??? Italian: i sordi m. plural, i non udenti m. plural

Russian: Ð³Ð»ÑƒÑ Ð¸Ðµ m. plural and f. plural Slovak: nepočujúci m. plural and f. plural Spanish: sordos m. pl sordas f. pl Telugu: చెవిటివాళ్ళు (cheviTivaaLLu) pl., బధిరులు (badhirulu) pl.

Anagrams

• fade

Derived terms

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

See also

• Wikipedia article on deafness
• Wikipedia article on cultural Deafness

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Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /dæ:af/

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 τυφλος ‘blind’.

Adjective

dēaf

1. deaffr:deaf

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