deaf in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for deaf in the English»French Dictionary

I.deaf [Brit dɛf, Am dɛf] N Ce mot peut être perçu comme injurieux dans cette acception. Lui préférer hearing-impaired.

II.deaf [Brit dɛf, Am dɛf] ADJ

III.deaf [Brit dɛf, Am dɛf]

deaf mute [Brit, Am] N ADJ dated or offens

tone-deaf [Brit təʊnˈdɛf, Am ˈtoʊn ˌdɛf] ADJ MUS

deaf in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for deaf in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
deaf and dumb
sourd(e)-muet(te)

Translations for deaf in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

deaf Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be deaf in one ear
to turn a deaf ear
to fall on deaf ears
to be (as) deaf as a post
to turn a deaf ear to sth
deaf and dumb
sourd(e)-muet(te)
to be as deaf as a post
to be as deaf as a post
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Your songs have the power to transcend deaf walls.
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It is considered the first modern treatise of sign language phonetics, setting out a method of oral education for deaf people and a manual alphabet.
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Lane was born deaf and, at two weeks old, was diagnosed with congenital nerve deafness.
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She is legally blind and deaf, with cysts pushing on her optic nerve causing blackouts in one eye.
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She has never appeared in the show, but he claimed that she was deaf, so his inability to speak with women was not an issue.
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He always yells when speaking because he is quite deaf from the centuries of rolling thunder in the Andes.
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Sign languages of the deaf are independently invented and have all the major properties of spoken language except for the modality of transmission.
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To the contrary, it is an asset of and for the deaf community to be deaf in behavior, values, knowledge and fluency in sign language.
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Some consider it to be a derogatory term if used outside its historical context; the preferred term today is simply deaf.
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She is deaf and kindly and a live action character.
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