Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
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Deaf-mute
Synonyms for "deaf-mute" (10 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (5)
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3 entriesderived
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 39 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- sordomudu adj (unable to hear or speak)
Belarusian
1 entries- глуханямы́ adj (unable to hear or speak)
Bulgarian
1 entries- глухоня́м adj (unable to hear or speak)
Catalan
3 entries- sordmut adj (unable to hear or speak)
- sordmuda noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- sordmut noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 聾啞 /聋哑 adj (unable to hear or speak)
- 聾啞人 /聋哑人 noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- 聾啞者 /聋哑者 noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Czech
1 entries- hluchoněmý adj (unable to hear or speak)
Danish
1 entries- døvstum adj (unable to hear or speak)
Dutch
2 entries- doofstom adj (unable to hear or speak)
- doofstomme noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Esperanto
4 entries- surdamuta adj (unable to hear or speak)
- surdmuta adj (unable to hear or speak)
- surdamutulino noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- surdamutulo noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Estonian
1 entries- kurttumm adj (unable to hear or speak)
Finnish
2 entries- kuuromykkä adj (unable to hear or speak)
- kuuromykkä noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
French
3 entries- sourd-muet adj (unable to hear or speak)
- sourd-muet noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- sourde-muette noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Galician
2 entries- xordomudo adj (unable to hear or speak)
- xordomudo noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Georgian
2 entries- ყრუ-მუნჯი adj (unable to hear or speak)
- ყრუ-მუნჯი noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
German
3 entries- taubstumm adj (unable to hear or speak)
- Taubstumme noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- Taubstummer noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Greek
2 entries- κωφάλαλος adj (unable to hear or speak)
- κωφάλαλος noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Hebrew
2 entries- חירש־אילם noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- חירשת־אילמת noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Hindi
1 entries- मूक बधिर adj (unable to hear or speak)
Hungarian
2 entries- siketnéma adj (unable to hear or speak)
- süketnéma adj (unable to hear or speak)
Italian
3 entries- sordomuto adj (unable to hear or speak)
- sordomuta noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- sordomuto noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Japanese
1 entries- 聾唖の adj (unable to hear or speak)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- dafstomm adj (unable to hear or speak)
Manx
1 entries- bouyran balloo noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Marathi
1 entries- मूक बधिर adj (unable to hear or speak)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- døvstumme adj (unable to hear or speak)
Polish
4 entries- głuchoniemy adj (unable to hear or speak)
- głuchoniema noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- głuchoniemy noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- osoba głuchoniema noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Portuguese
3 entries- surdo-mudo adj (unable to hear or speak)
- surda-muda noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- surdo-mudo noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Romanian
2 entries- surdo-mut adj (unable to hear or speak)
- surdo-mut noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Russian
3 entries- глухонемо́й adj (unable to hear or speak)
- глухонема́я noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- глухонемо́й noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gluhonijem adj (unable to hear or speak)
- gluvonem adj (unable to hear or speak)
- глувонем adj (unable to hear or speak)
- глухонијем adj (unable to hear or speak)
Slovak
1 entries- hluchonemý adj (unable to hear or speak)
Slovene
1 entries- gluhonem adj (unable to hear or speak)
Spanish
3 entries- sordomudo adj (unable to hear or speak)
- sordomuda noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
- sordomudo noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Swedish
2 entries- dövstum adj (unable to hear or speak)
- dövstum noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Tagalog
2 entries- pipi at bingi adj (unable to hear or speak)
- pipi at bingi noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Telugu
1 entries- చెవిటిమూగ noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Turkish
2 entries- sağır dilsiz adj (unable to hear or speak)
- sağır dilsiz noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Ukrainian
1 entries- глухоніми́й adj (unable to hear or speak)
Vietnamese
2 entries- câm điếc adj (unable to hear or speak)
- người câm điếc noun (person who is unable to hear or speak)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Deaf-mute people can use sign language to communicate.
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People that can't hear or speak are deaf-mute. Various devices currently exist that can help to correct this problem.
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Sami dated a deaf-mute woman.
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