deaf

• Décrit une personne qui ne peut pas entendre ou qui souffre d'une perte auditive grave.

Describes a person who is unable to hear or has severe hearing loss.

1. Unable to hearA2formal

   Having partial or complete loss of hearing.

   sourd

   • She has been deaf since birth.
   • The school provides special programs for deaf students.
   • He became deaf after a severe ear infection.

   Synonymeshard-of-hearinghearing-impairedprofoundly deafstone-deafunhearing

   Antonymeshearing

2. Unwilling to listenB2formal

   Refusing to pay attention to something or someone.

   sourd (au sens figuré)

   • He was deaf to all their pleas for help.
   • The government remained deaf to the protesters' demands.
   • She turned a deaf ear to his excuses.

   Synonymesblindheedlessinattentiveindifferentinsensibleobliviousunmindfulunmovedunpersuadedunresponsive

   Antonymesattentivelisteningreceptiveresponsive

• Nom désignant collectivement les personnes atteintes de surdité ou de déficience auditive grave, souvent utilisé pour parler de celles et ceux qui n'entendent pas ou qui ont une perte d'audition importante.

A noun referring to people who have severe hearing impairments, often used collectively to describe individuals who are unable to hear or have significant hearing loss.

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1. People with hearing lossA2formal

   Individuals who have a significant or complete inability to hear.

   Personnes sourdes

   • The deaf often use sign language to communicate.
   • Many deaf people are active in the arts community.
   • The school provides special resources for the deaf.

   Synonymeshearing-impaired

• Verbe signifiant rendre quelqu'un incapable d'entendre, temporairement ou définitivement, ou assourdir par un bruit intense.

A verb meaning to make someone unable to hear, either temporarily or permanently, or to overwhelm with noise.

1. Make or render deafB2formal

   To cause someone to become unable to hear, either temporarily or permanently.

   Rendre sourd

   • The explosion deafened him for several hours.
   • Loud music can deafen you if you listen to it for too long.
   • The constant noise from the factory deafened the workers over time.

   Synonymesdeafen