"deafness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛfnəs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deafness.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deafnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English deefnesse; equivalent to deaf + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|deefnesse}} Middle English deefnesse, {{suffix|en|deaf|ness}} deaf + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deafness (countable and uncountable, plural deafnesses)
  1. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hearing Translations (condition of being deaf): κωφότης (kōphótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صَمَم (ṣamam) (Arabic), խլություն (xlutʻyun) (Armenian), глухата́ (hluxatá) [feminine] (Belarusian), глухота́ (gluhotá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sordesa [feminine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (lóng) (Chinese Mandarin), hluchota [feminine] (Czech), døvhed [common-gender] (Danish), doofheid [feminine] (Dutch), kuulmispuue (Estonian), kuurous (Finnish), surdité [feminine] (French), Taubheit [completive, feminine] (German), Gehörlosigkeit (english: complete or partial) [feminine] (German), Schwerhörigkeit (english: partial) [feminine] (German), Surditas [feminine] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), κώφωση (kófosi) [feminine] (Greek), κωφότητα (kofótita) [feminine] (Greek), חירשות (khershut) [feminine] (Hebrew), बहरापन (bahrāpan) [masculine] (Hindi), Daabheet [feminine] (Hunsrik), Daabheit [feminine] (Hunsrik), bodhaire [feminine] (Irish), sordità [feminine] (Italian), 難聴 (nanchō) (alt: なんちょう) (Japanese), кереңдік (kereñdık) (Kazakh), surditās [feminine] (Latin), kurlums [masculine] (Latvian), глувост (gluvost) [feminine] (Macedonian), kepekakan (Malay), ketulian (Malay), ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́ (Navajo), døvhet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dēafu [feminine] (Old English), صاغرلق (sağırlık) (Ottoman Turkish), ناشنوایی (nâšenavâyi) (Persian), głuchota [feminine] (Polish), surdez [feminine] (Portuguese), глухота́ (gluxotá) [feminine] (Russian), buidhre [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), глуво̀ћа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), глувост [Cyrillic, Serbian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), глухо̀ћа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), глухост [Bosnian, Croatian, Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gluvòća [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gluvost [Roman, Serbian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gluhòća [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gluhost [Bosnian, Croatian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), surdania [feminine] (Sicilian), hluchota [feminine] (Slovak), gluhota [feminine] (Slovene), sordera [feminine] (Spanish), ulemavu wa kusikia (Swahili), dövhet [common-gender] (Swedish), చెవుడు (cevuḍu) (Telugu), చెవిటితనం (ceviṭitanaṁ) (Telugu), sağırlık (Turkish), глухота́ (hluxotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), глу́хість (hlúxistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deafness-en-noun-TxdgElvT Disambiguation of Hearing: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'condition of being deaf': 98 2
  2. (figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deafness-en-noun--C-aBLBZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cocktail party deafness, inattentional deafness, peri-lingual deafness, post-lingual deafness, stress deafness, tone-deafness, urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome, word-deafness Related terms: deaf, deafen, anosmia, blindness

Inflected forms

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          "word": "聾"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kófosi",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kofótita",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sordità"
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          "alt": "なんちょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nanchō",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "難聴"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kereñdık",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "кереңдік"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "surditās"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kurlums"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gluvost",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "глувост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "kepekakan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "ketulian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "døvhet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dēafu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sağırlık",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "صاغرلق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâšenavâyi",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "ناشنوایی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "głuchota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surdez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gluxotá",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "глухота́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "buidhre"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "глуво̀ћа"
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "word": "глухо̀ћа"
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "word": "глухост"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gluvòća"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "surdania"
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          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gluhota"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sordera"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "ulemavu wa kusikia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "dövhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "cevuḍu",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "చెవుడు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ceviṭitanaṁ",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "చెవిటితనం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "word": "sağırlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hluxotá",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "глухота́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hlúxistʹ",
          "sense": "condition of being deaf",
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}
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      "word": "stress deafness"
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    {
      "word": "tone-deafness"
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      "word": "urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣamam",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "صَمَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xlutʻyun",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "խլություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hluxatá",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухата́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gluhotá",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sordesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "聾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lóng",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "聋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hluchota"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "døvhed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doofheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "kuulmispuue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "kuurous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surdité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "completive",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Taubheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "complete or partial",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehörlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "partial",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwerhörigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "technical",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Surditas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kófosi",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κώφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kofótita",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κωφότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kōphótēs",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κωφότης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khershut",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חירשות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahrāpan",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बहरापन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Daabheet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Daabheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodhaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sordità"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なんちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nanchō",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "難聴"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kereñdık",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "кереңдік"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surditās"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kurlums"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gluvost",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глувост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "kepekakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "ketulian"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "døvhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēafu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sağırlık",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "صاغرلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâšenavâyi",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "ناشنوایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głuchota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surdez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gluxotá",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buidhre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глуво̀ћа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глувост"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухо̀ћа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Croatian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухост"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gluvòća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "Serbian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gluvost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gluhòća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Croatian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gluhost"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surdania"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hluchota"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gluhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sordera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "ulemavu wa kusikia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dövhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "cevuḍu",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "చెవుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ceviṭitanaṁ",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "చెవిటితనం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "word": "sağırlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hluxotá",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глухота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hlúxistʹ",
      "sense": "condition of being deaf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́хість"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hearing impairment"
  ],
  "word": "deafness"
}

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