deaf-mute

See also: deafmute

English

deaf-mute (not comparable)

unable to hear or speak

Asturian: sordomudu
Belarusian: глуханямы́ (hluxanjamý)
Bulgarian: глухоня́м (gluhonjám)
Catalan: sordmut (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聾啞／聋哑 (zh) (lóngyǎ)
Czech: hluchoněmý
Danish: døvstum
Dutch: doofstom (nl)
Esperanto: surdmuta, surdamuta
Estonian: kurttumm
Finnish: kuuromykkä (fi)
French: sourd-muet (fr)
Galician: xordomudo
Georgian: ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
German: taubstumm (de)
Greek: κωφάλαλος (el) m (kofálalos)
Hindi: मूक बधिर (mūk badhir)
Hungarian: süketnéma (hu), siketnéma
Italian: sordomuto (it)
Japanese: 聾唖の (ja) (ろうあの, rōa no)
Luxembourgish: dafstomm
Marathi: मूक बधिर (mūk badhir)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: døvstumme
Polish: głuchoniemy (pl)
Portuguese: surdo-mudo (pt)
Romanian: surdo-mut
Russian: глухонемо́й (ru) (gluxonemój)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: глувонем, глухонијем
Roman: gluvonem (sh), gluhonijem (sh)
Slovak: hluchonemý (sk)
Slovene: gluhonem
Spanish: sordomudo (es)
Swedish: dövstum (sv)
Tagalog: pipi at bingi
Turkish: sağır dilsiz (tr)
Ukrainian: глухоніми́й (hluxonimýj)
Vietnamese: câm điếc
Westrobothnian: dom

deaf-mute (plural deaf-mutes)

(now offensive) A person who is unable to hear or speak.
- 1959 September, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough-Newcastle route of the N.E.R.: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 417:
  This buckling was first noticed by a deaf-mute who was walking over a bridge across the line and he pointed it out to the driver of a steamroller which happened to be passing.

person who is unable to hear or speak

Catalan: sordmut (ca) m, sordmuda (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聾啞者／聋哑者 (lóngyǎzhě), 聾啞人／聋哑人 (lóngyǎrén)
Dutch: doofstomme (nl) m or f
Esperanto: surdmutulo, surdmutulino (female), surdamutulo, surdamutulino (female)
Finnish: kuuromykkä (fi)
French: sourd-muet (fr) m, sourde-muette (fr) f
Galician: xordomudo m
Georgian: ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
German: Taubstummer (de) m, Taubstumme (de) f
Greek: κωφάλαλος (el) m (kofálalos)
Hebrew: חירש־אילם‎ m (kheresh-ylem), חירשת־אילמת‎ f (khereshet-ylemet)
Italian: sordomuto (it) m, sordomuta f
Manx: bouyran balloo m
Polish: głuchoniemy (pl) m, głuchoniema f, osoba głuchoniema f
Portuguese: surdo-mudo (pt) m, surda-muda f
Romanian: surdo-mut m
Russian: глухонемо́й (ru) m (gluxonemój), глухонема́я (ru) f (gluxonemája)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: gluvonemac m, gluvonemak m, gluvonemica f, gluvonemkinja f
Spanish: sordomudo (es) m, sordomuda f
Swedish: dövstum (sv) c
Tagalog: pipi at bingi
Telugu: చెవిటిమూగ (te) (ceviṭimūga)
Turkish: sağır dilsiz (tr)
Vietnamese: người câm điếc