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• dēf
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• England, US, archaic, dialectal: /diːf/
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• Early, Modern: /dɛːf/
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• rhymes with -ɛf
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• homophone: Deaf
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• homophone: def
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• homophone: death (th-fronting)
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• homophone: deaf
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English def, 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. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur.

From deaf.

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: адагәа (adagwa) — unable to hear
• Afrikaans: dowe — unable to hear
• Aghwan: 𐕆𐔼𐕒𐔽𐔰 (hioˁa) — unable to hear
• Aklanon: bungoe — unable to hear
• Albanian: i shurdhër — unable to hear
• American Sign Language: 1@Jaw 1@Chin — unable to hear
• Arabic: أَصَمّ (ʔaṣamm) — unable to hear
• Arabic: أَطْرَش (ʔaṭraš) — unable to hear
• Arabic: أصم (ʔaṣamm) — unable to hear
• Arabic: أطرش (ʔaṭraš) — unable to hear
• Aragonese: xordo — unable to hear
• Armenian: խուլ (xul) — unable to hear
• Aromanian: surdu — unable to hear
• Assamese: কলা (kola) — unable to hear
• Assamese: অন্ধ (ondho) — unable to hear
• Asturian: sordu — unable to hear
• Asturian: xordu — unable to hear
• Auslan: 1@Ear 1@Mouth — unable to hear
• Australian Kriol: debala — unable to hear
• Avar: гӏинкъаб (ʻinqxʼab) — unable to hear
• Azerbaijani: kar — unable to hear
• Balinese: bongol — unable to hear
• Bashkir: һаңғырау (hañğıraw) — unable to hear
• Basque: gor — unable to hear
• Belarusian: глухі́ (hluxí) — unable to hear
• Bau Bidayuh: bongam — unable to hear
• Central Bikol: bungog — unable to hear
• Breton: bouzar — unable to hear
• British Sign Language: H@Ear — unable to hear
• Bulgarian: глух (gluh) — unable to hear
• Burmese: နားပင်း (na:pang:) — unable to hear
• Catalan: sord — unable to hear
• Cebuano: bungol — unable to hear
• Chamicuro: majchayi — unable to hear
• Chechen: къора (qʼora) — unable to hear
• Cherokee: ᏧᎵᎡᎾ (tsuliena) — unable to hear
• Chinese Cantonese: 耳聾 /耳聋 — unable to hear
• Chinese Cantonese: 聾 /聋 (lung4) — unable to hear
• Chinese: 耳聾 /耳聋 (hīn-lâng) — unable to hear
• Chinese Mandarin: 聾 /聋 (lóng) — unable to hear
• Chinese Mandarin: 耳聾 /耳聋 (ěrlóng) — unable to hear
• East Circassian: дэгу (dɛgwu) — unable to hear
• West Circassian: дэгу (dɛgwu) — unable to hear
• Cornish: bodhar — unable to hear
• Corsican: sordu — unable to hear
• Crimean Tatar: sağır — unable to hear
• Czech: hluchý — unable to hear
• Dalmatian: suard — unable to hear
• Danish: døv — unable to hear
• Dutch: doof — unable to hear
• Dutch: dove — unable to hear
• Esperanto: surda — unable to hear
• Estonian: kurt — unable to hear
• Faroese: deyvur — unable to hear
• Finnish: kuuro — unable to hear
• Finnish: kuulovammainen — unable to hear
• French: sourd — unable to hear
• North Frisian: duuf — unable to hear
• West-Frisian: dôf — unable to hear
• Friulian: sort — unable to hear
• Friulian: sord — unable to hear
• Galician: xordo — unable to hear
• Galician: mouco — unable to hear
• Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru) — unable to hear
• Georgian: სმენადაკარგული (smenadaḳarguli) — unable to hear
• German: taub — unable to hear
• German: gehörlos — unable to hear
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs) — unable to hear
• Greek: κωφός (kofós) — unable to hear
• Greek: κουφός (koufós) — unable to hear
• Ancient Greek: κωφός (kōphós) — unable to hear
• Haitian Creole: soud — unable to hear
• Hawaiian: kuli — unable to hear
• Hebrew: חֵירֵשׁ (kheresh) — unable to hear
• Higaonon: bungol — unable to hear
• Hindi: बहरा (bahrā) — unable to hear
• Hungarian: süket — unable to hear
• Hungarian: (PC) siket — unable to hear
• Hunsrik: daab — unable to hear
• Iban: achak — unable to hear
• Icelandic: daufur — unable to hear
• Indonesian: tuli — unable to hear
• Indonesian: tuna rungu — unable to hear
• Ingrian: gluuhkoi — unable to hear
• Irish: bodhar — unable to hear
• Old Irish: bodar — unable to hear
• Istriot: surdo — unable to hear
• Italian: sordo — unable to hear
• Japanese: 耳の聞こえない (mimi no kikoenai) — unable to hear
• Japanese: 耳が不自由 (mimi ga fujiyuu) — unable to hear
• Javanese: budheg — unable to hear
• Javanese: jampeng — unable to hear
• Old Javanese: buḍĕg — unable to hear
• Jeju: 귀막다 (gwimakda) — unable to hear
• Kashmiri: زۆر (zor) — unable to hear
• Kazakh: саңырау (sañyrau) — unable to hear
• Khinalug: баьш (bäš) — unable to hear
• Khmer: ថ្លង់ (tlɑŋ) — unable to hear
• Korean: 귀먹다 (gwimeokda) — unable to hear
• Central Kurdish: کەڕ (kerr) — unable to hear
• Northern Kurdish: kerr — unable to hear
• Northern Kurdish: guhgiran — unable to hear
• Ladin: sëurt — unable to hear
• Ladino: sodro — unable to hear
• Lao: ຫູຫນວກ (hū nūak) — unable to hear
• Latgalian: kūrslys — unable to hear
• Latin: surdus — unable to hear
• Latvian: kurls — unable to hear
• Latvian: nedzirdīgs — unable to hear
• Lezgi: биши (biši) — unable to hear
• Lithuanian: kurčias — unable to hear
• Low German: dow — unable to hear
• Luxembourgish: daf — unable to hear
• Macedonian: глув (gluv) — unable to hear
• Malay: pekak — unable to hear
• Malay: tuli — unable to hear
• Malay: congek — unable to hear
• Malay: tunakerna — unable to hear
• Central Malay: pekak — unable to hear
• Maltese: trux — unable to hear
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᡨᡠ (dutu) — unable to hear
• Mansaka: bungul — unable to hear
• Māori: turi — unable to hear
• Māori: pūwharawhara — unable to hear
• Maranao: bengel — unable to hear
• Maranao: biso — unable to hear
• Marathi: बधीर (badhīr) — unable to hear
• Marathi: बहिरा (bahirā) — unable to hear
• Central Melanau: pakeak — unable to hear
• Central Melanau: tulek — unable to hear
• Middle English: def — unable to hear
• Minangkabau: pakak — unable to hear
• Mingrelian: ჸუნგა (ʾunga) — unable to hear
• Mingrelian: ჸურუ (ʾuru) — unable to hear
• Mingrelian: ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa) — unable to hear
• Mingrelian: დაგუ̂ა (dagûa) — unable to hear
• Mongolian: дүлий (dülii) — unable to hear
• Musi: peka' — unable to hear
• Musi: tulo' — unable to hear
• Navajo: ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́ — unable to hear
• Navajo: jééhkał — unable to hear
• Ngarrindjeri: plombatji — unable to hear
• Norwegian Bokmål: døv — unable to hear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døv — unable to hear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dauv — unable to hear
• Occitan: sord — unable to hear
• Odia: ବଧିର (badhira) — unable to hear
• Old English: dēaf — unable to hear
• Oromo: duudaa — unable to hear
• Pashto: کوڼ (kuṇ) — unable to hear
• Persian: کر (kar) — unable to hear
• Persian: ناشنوا (nâšenavâ) — unable to hear
• Plautdietsch: doof — unable to hear
• Polish: głuchy — unable to hear
• Portuguese: surdo — unable to hear
• Portuguese: mouco — unable to hear
• Romanian: surd — unable to hear
• Russian: глухо́й (gluxój) — unable to hear
• Northern Sami: bealjeheapmi — unable to hear
• Skolt-Sami: kluuǥǥai — unable to hear
• Sanskrit: बधिर (badhira) — unable to hear
• Sanskrit: कल्ल (kalla) — unable to hear
• Sardinian: suldu — unable to hear
• Sardinian: surdu — unable to hear
• Scots: deif — unable to hear
• Scottish Gaelic: bodhar — unable to hear
• Serbo-Croatian: глув — unable to hear
• Serbo-Croatian: глух — unable to hear
• Serbo-Croatian: gluv — unable to hear
• Serbo-Croatian: gluh — unable to hear
• Sinhalese: බිහිරි (bihiri) — unable to hear
• Slovak: hluchý — unable to hear
• Slovene: gluh — unable to hear
• Lower Sorbian: głuchy — unable to hear
• Spanish: sordo — unable to hear
• Sundanese: torék — unable to hear
• Svan: ყუ̂რიუ̂ (q̇ûriû) — unable to hear
• Svan: ყუგ (q̇ug) — unable to hear
• Swedish: döv — unable to hear
• Tagalog: bingi — unable to hear
• Tajik: кар (kar) — unable to hear
• Talysh: kor — unable to hear
• Telugu: చెవిటి (ceviṭi) — unable to hear
• Thai: หูหนวก (hǔu-nùuak) — unable to hear
• Tibetan: འོན་པ — unable to hear
• Tlingit: lkhool.áxhji — unable to hear
• Turkish: sağır — unable to hear
• Ottoman Turkish: صاغر (sağır) — unable to hear
• Ubykh: дагәы (dagwə) — unable to hear
• Udmurt: пельтэм (peľtem) — unable to hear
• Ukrainian: глухи́й (hluxýj) — unable to hear
• Urdu: بہرا (bahrā) — unable to hear
• Venetan: sórdo — unable to hear
• Vietnamese: điếc — unable to hear
• Volapük: surdik — unable to hear
• Welsh: byddar — unable to hear
• Yaghnobi: кар (kar) — unable to hear
• Yiddish: טויב (toyb) — unable to hear
• Yiddish: טויבלעך (toyblekh) — unable to hear
• Yiddish: חושימדיק (khushemdik) — unable to hear
• Yoruba: dití — unable to hear
• Yup'ik: niitesciigatelria — unable to hear
• Arabic: اَلصُّمّ (aṣ-ṣumm) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Catalan: els sords — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Dutch: doven — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• French: les sourds — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• German: die Gehörlosen — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• German: die Tauben — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Greek: κωφός (kofós) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Hebrew: חירשים (kher'shím) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Icelandic: heyrnarlaus — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Italian: i sordi — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Italian: i non udenti — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Japanese: 聾 (tsumbo) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Japanese: 聾者 (rōsha) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Japanese: 聴覚障害者 (chōkaku-shōgaisha) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Korean: 농인 (nong'in) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Central Kurdish: کەڕ (kerr) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᡤᡠ (maigu) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Middle English: def — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Pashto: کوڼ (kuṇ) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Polish: głusi — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Portuguese: surdos — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Russian: глухие (gluxije) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Serbo-Croatian: gluhi — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Serbo-Croatian: gluhe — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Slovak: nepočujúci — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Slovene: gluhi — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Spanish: sordos — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Spanish: sordas — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Swahili: viziwi — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Swedish: döva — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Telugu: చెవిటివాళ్ళు (ceviṭivāḷḷu) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Telugu: బధిరులు (badhirulu) — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Turkish: sağırlar — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Welsh: byddar — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Welsh: byddair — unable to hear, used as a substantive: deaf people considered as a group
• Māori: pihoi — unwilling to listen
• Middle English: def — unwilling to listen
• Dutch: doven- — relating to the culture of deaf signers
• Icelandic: heyrnarlaus — relating to the culture of deaf signers
• Icelandic: döff — relating to the culture of deaf signers
• Japanese: ろう (rō) — relating to the culture of deaf signers
• Swedish: döv- — relating to the culture of deaf signers