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sourd

/suʁ/

adjective/suʁ/

deaf (person, animal); muffled (sound); unvoiced, voiceless

Synonyms: dur de la feuille, mal-entendant, dévoisé

Antonyms: sonore

Inherited from Middle French sourd, from Old French sourt, sord, surt, surz, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

noun, masculine/suʁ/plural: sourds

deaf person

Related: dialogue de sourds, tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd

Inherited from Middle French sourd, from Old French sourt, sord, surt, surz, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).