Phrase guide

deaf person

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a person with a severe auditory impairment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: lip reader, mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَصَمّ (ʔaṣamm) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Bulgarian: глухоня́м (gluhonjám) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Cebuano: bungol — deaf person - translation entry
  • Central Bikol: bungog — deaf person - translation entry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聾人 /聋人 (lóngrén) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Dutch: dove — deaf person - translation entry
  • Esperanto: surdulo — deaf person - translation entry
  • Finnish: kuuro — deaf person - translation entry
  • French: sourd — deaf person - translation entry
  • Galician: xordo — deaf person - translation entry
  • German: Tauber — deaf person - translation entry
  • German: Taube — deaf person - translation entry
  • German: Gehörloser — deaf person - translation entry
  • German: Gehörlose — deaf person - translation entry
  • Hiligaynon: bungol — deaf person - translation entry
  • Hungarian: süket — deaf person - translation entry
  • Hungarian: siket — deaf person - translation entry
  • Ingrian: gluuhkoi — deaf person - translation entry
  • Korean: 청각 장애인 (cheonggak jang'aein) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Korean: 농아 (nong'a) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Korean: 농인 (nong'in) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Persian: ناشنوا (nâšenavâ) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Portuguese: surdo — deaf person - translation entry
  • Portuguese: surda — deaf person - translation entry
  • Romanian: surd — deaf person - translation entry
  • Romanian: surdă — deaf person - translation entry
  • Russian: глухо́й (gluxój) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Russian: глуха́я (gluxája) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Spanish: sordo — deaf person - translation entry
  • Tagalog: bingi — deaf person - translation entry
  • Tamil: செவிடன் (ceviṭaṉ) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Tarifit: aḍarḍur — deaf person - translation entry
  • Tarifit: adehcur — deaf person - translation entry
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاغر (sağır) — deaf person - translation entry
  • Yoruba: adití — deaf person - translation entry