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A dog that is trained to be of assistance to a visually impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dog guide
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: service dog, working dog, working animal, animal
a dog trained to guide the blind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: working dog
Narrower terms: Seeing Eye dog
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
leihond
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Catalan:
gos pigall
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Chinese Mandarin:
導盲犬 /导盲犬
(dǎomángquǎn)
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Danish:
førerhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Dutch:
geleidehond
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Dutch:
blindengeleidehond
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Estonian:
juhtkoer
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Finnish:
opaskoira
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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French:
chien d'aveugle
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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French:
chien guide d'aveugle
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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German:
Blindenhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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German:
Blindenführhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Hebrew:
כֶּלֶב נְחִיָּה
(kélev n'ẖiyá)
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Hungarian:
vakvezető kutya
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Japanese:
盲導犬
(mōdōken)
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Korean:
맹도견
(maengdogyeon)
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Malay:
anjing pandu
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Māori:
kurī arataki
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Norwegian Bokmål:
førerhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
førarhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Polish:
pies przewodnik
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Portuguese:
cão-guia
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Russian:
соба́ка-поводы́рь
(sobáka-povodýrʹ)
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Spanish:
perro guía
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Spanish:
lazarillo
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Spanish:
perro lazarillo
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Swedish:
ledarhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Swedish:
blindhund
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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Turkish:
rehber köpek
— dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person