"Deaf" meaning in English

See Deaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɛf/
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: From deaf. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Deaf (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to the culture of deaf signers): doven- (Dutch), heyrnarlaus (Icelandic), döff [colloquial] (Icelandic), ろう () (Japanese), döv- (Swedish)
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          "ref": "2005, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Marc Marschark, Advances in the Spoken Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3:",
          "text": "Today, sign languages are the means of communication and interaction in Deaf communities around the world and have been shown to contain all the linguistic complexities and potentials of spoken languages (Stokoe, 1960/2005).",
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          "ref": "2006, David Alan Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, American Sign Language the Easy Way, Barron's Educational Series, →ISBN, page 101:",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "word": "doven-"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
          "word": "ろう"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
          "word": "döv-"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
      "word": "doven-"
    },
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      "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
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      "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to the culture of deaf signers",
      "word": "döv-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Deaf"
}

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