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Meaning of Deaf | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
dɛf

Definitions

A deaf person.

nonstandard, rare

Equivalents

Afrikaans dowe
Azərbaycanca kar
Беларуская глухі
Български глух
བོད་སྐད འོན་པ
Bosanski dova
Català sord
Čeština hluchý
Cymraeg byddar
Dansk døv
Ελληνικά Κουφός Κωφός
Esperanto surda
Español sordas sordo sordos
Eesti kurt
Euskara gor
فارسی کر ناشنوا
Français les sourds sourd
Gaeilge bodhar
Gàidhlig bodhar
Galego mouco xordo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kuli
עברית חירש
हिन्दी बहरा
Hrvatski dova
Magyar süket
Հայերեն խուլ
Bahasa Indonesia tuli
Íslenska daufur heyrnarlaus
Қазақша саңырау
ខ្មែរ ថ្លង់
한국어 귀먹다 농인
Kurdî daf dîtî gor gor kar kulî kurt tulî
Latina surdus
Lëtzebuergesch Daf
Latviešu kurls nedzirdīgs
Te Reo Māori turi
Македонски глув
मराठी बधीर बहिरा
Bahasa Melayu congek pekak tuli tunakerna
Malti trux
မြန်မာဘာသာ နားပင်း
Nederlands doof dove doven doven-
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବଧିର
Polski głuchy głusi
پښتو کوڼ
Português mouco surdo surdos
Română Surd
Русский глухие глухой
Slovenščina gluh
Shqip i shurdhër
Српски dova
Svenska dov döva
Kiswahili viziwi
తెలుగు చెవిటి
Тоҷикӣ кар
ไทย หูหนวก
Tagalog bingi
Türkçe sağır Sağırlar
Українська глухий
اردو بہرا
Tiếng Việt điếc
Yorùbá diti

Examples

“Among the second group of philanthropic educational institutions the institutes for the deafs and dumbs must be mentioned.”
“Negotiations for South Vietnam's political future and the enforcement of cease-fire between two sides progressed like a conversation between two deafs.”
“"I work with the blind mostly. Some deafs too," I told her.”
“Two deafs did not always make deaf babies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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