deaf

Signification (English)

Adj

1. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
3. Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
4. (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
5. (obsolete) Decayed; tasteless; dead.

Noun

A deaf person.

Verb

To deafen.

Concepts

sourd

sourde

sourd-muet

muet

sourdingue

têtu

devenir sourd

sourds

déficience auditive

contondant

handicap auditif

doux

indifférent

les sourds

surdité

Synonyms

dumb

hard of hearing

mute

🔇

disobedient

deafen

deafness

silent

🔇

stupid

deaf person

be hard of hearing

hollow

stubborn

deaf-mute

be stone deaf

indifferent

hearing

hearing impairment

hearing loss

idiocy

ill

🤢

inattentive

in part

insensitive

insipid

lacking

mad

obdurate

obstinate

shower

🚿

silly

unproductive

unteachable

become deaf

become mad

hearing impaired

surdity

anacusia

auditory impairment

hearing disability

be deaf

be without hearing

unhearing

having no ears

without a kernel

hearing-impaired

deaf man

bad

👎

teebowed

barren

be

blind

blunt

blunted

deaf-and-dumb

deafened

dull

dulled

dull of hearing

empty

flurry

fool

foolish

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɛf/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: deef

Inherited from ancien anglais: dēaf

Cognate with grec ancien: τυφλός

In summary

From Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb.