see|Deaf
English

Etymology
Old English d�af

Homophones
Deaf
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Adjective
en-adj|er

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

Synonyms
hard of hearing
hearing-impaired

Translations
trans-top|not hearing
Bulgarian: гл��
Catalan: sord
Chinese: �� (lóng de)
Crimean Tatar: sagır
Croatian: gluh
Czech: hluchý
Dutch: doof, dove
Esperanto: surda
Finnish: kuuro, kuulovammainen
French: sourd m, sourde f
German: taub
Hawaiian: kuli
Hebrew: ��רש (kheresh) m, ��רשת (khereshet) f (not having faculty of hearing)
Hungarian: süket
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Indonesian: tuli
Italian: sordo m, sorda f
Kurdish: kerr, guhgiran, KUchar|ک���
Maori: turi
Northern Sami: bealjeheapmi
Old English: d�af
Portuguese: surda f, surdo m
Russian: гл��ой m, гл��а� f
Scottish Gaelic: bodhar
Scots: deif
Slovak: hluchý m, hluchá f
Slovene: gluh m, gluha f, gluho n
Spanish: sordo m
Swedish: döv
Telugu: ��వి�ి (cheviTi)
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See also
anosmic
blind

Noun
the deaf singular collective noun

1. Deaf people considered as a group.

Translations
trans-top|deaf people considered as a group
Dutch: doven m|p, f|p
French: les sourds m|p
German: Tauben m|p, f|p
Italian: i sordo|sordi m|p, i non udente|non udenti m|p
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Kurdish: KUchar|ک���
Russian: гл��ой|гл��ие m plural and f|p
Slovak: nepo�ujúci m plural and f|p
Slovene: gluhi p
Spanish: sordos m|p sordas f|p
Telugu: ��వి�ివాళ�ళ� (cheviTivaaLLu) p, బధిర�ల� (badhirulu) p
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Anagrams
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Derived terms
deaf aid
deaf and dumb
deaf-mute
deafen
deafness

See also
w:Deaf|Wikipedia article on deafness
w:Deaf culture|Wikipedia article on cultural Deafness

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA: /dæ:af/
audio|en-us-deaf.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
Common Germanic *daubhaz, from Indo-European *dheubh- �smoky, foggy, dim�. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian daf|d�f, Old Saxon dof|d�f (Dutch doof), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The IE root is also the source of Greek ���λο� �blind�.

Adjective
d�af

1. deaf

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