Tone-deaf
Translations of "tone-deaf" (22 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أَصَمّ لِلطَّبَقَات الصَوْتِيَّة(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | ʔaṣamm li-ṭ-ṭabaqāt aṣ-ṣawtiyya | |
| Bulgarian | немузикален(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | nemuzikalen | |
| Catalan | dur d'orella(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 不能辨別音高的 /不能辨别音高的(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), 音盲的(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | bùnéng biànbié yīngāo de, yīnmáng de | |
| Czech | hudebně hluchý(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Dutch | klankendoof(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), toondoof(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Finnish | sävelkuuro(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| French | déconnecté(out of touch), hors-sol(out of touch), qui n'a pas d'oreille(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| German | abgehoben(out of touch), geschmacklos(insensitive and offensive), keinen Draht (haben)(out of touch), ohne Bezug(out of touch), ohne Gefühl für Tonhöhen(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), ohne musikalisches Gehör(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), taktlos (if impolite)(insensitive and offensive), unangebracht(insensitive and offensive), weltfremd(out of touch) | — | |
| Hebrew | חירש לצלילים(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Hungarian | botfülű(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Indonesian | buta kenyataan(out of touch), buta nada(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), tuli nada(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Italian | che non ha orecchio(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Japanese | 音痴(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | onchi | |
| Malay | pekak nada(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Norwegian | tonedøv(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Portuguese | amúsico(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Russian | медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), не различа́ющий отте́нков зву́ка(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), немузыка́льный(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl, ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka, nemuzykálʹnyj | |
| Spanish | desubicado(out of touch), insensible(insensitive and offensive), sin oído musical(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | — | |
| Swedish | tondöv(unable to distinguish differences in pitch), tondöv(out of touch), tondöv(insensitive and offensive) | — | |
| Thai | ซึ่งแยกแยะเสียงสูงต่ำของดนตรีไม่ได้(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | sêung yâek yáe sĭang sŏong dtàm kŏng dondtree mâi dâai | |
| Ukrainian | ведмідь на вухо наступив(unable to distinguish differences in pitch) | vedmidʹ na vuxo nastupyv |
dur d'orella
hudebně hluchý
klankendoof, toondoof
sävelkuuro
déconnecté, hors-sol, qui n'a pas d'oreille
abgehoben, geschmacklos, keinen Draht (haben), ohne Bezug, ohne Gefühl für Tonhöhen, ohne musikalisches Gehör, taktlos (if impolite), unangebracht, weltfremd
חירש לצלילים
botfülű
buta kenyataan, buta nada, tuli nada
che non ha orecchio
pekak nada
tonedøv
amúsico
медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л, не различа́ющий отте́нков зву́ка, немузыка́льный
medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl, ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka, nemuzykálʹnyj
desubicado, insensible, sin oído musical
tondöv, tondöv, tondöv
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.