deafen

English edit

Etymology edit

deaf +‎ -en (verbal suffix), compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”), Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛfən

Verb edit

deafen (third-person singular simple present deafens, present participle deafening, simple past and past participle deafened)

(transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
(transitive) To make soundproof.
to deafen a wall or a floor
(transitive, rare, dialectal, sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise.
- 1855, Macaulay
  Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.

Translations edit

to make deaf

Arabic: أَصَمَّ (ʔaṣamma)
Armenian: խլացնել (hy) (xlacʻnel)
Aromanian: asurdzãscu
Belarusian: аглу́шваць impf (ahlúšvacʹ), глушы́ць (be) impf (hlušýcʹ), аглушы́ць pf (ahlušýcʹ)
Breton: bouzarañ (br)
Bulgarian: оглуша́вам (bg) impf (oglušávam), оглуша́ (bg) pf (oglušá)
Catalan: ensordir (ca)
Dutch: verdoven (nl), doof maken
Finnish: kuurouttaa
French: assourdir (fr), rendre sourd
Galician: enxordar, axordar
German: betäuben (de)
Hungarian: megsüketít (hu)
Indonesian: menulikan (id)
Irish: bodhraigh
Japanese: 聾する (ろうする, rōsuru)
Korean: 귀 를 먹먹하게 하다 (gwi-reul meongmeokhage hada)
Macedonian: оглуви (ogluvi)
Polish: ogłuszać (pl) impf, ogłuszyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: ensurdecer
Romanian: asurzi (ro)
Russian: оглуша́ть (ru) impf (oglušátʹ), глуши́ть (ru) impf (glušítʹ), оглуши́ть (ru) pf (oglušítʹ)
Spanish: ensordecer (es)
Ukrainian: оглуша́ти impf (ohlušáty), глуши́ти impf (hlušýty), оглу́шувати impf (ohlúšuvaty), оглуши́ти pf (ohlušýty)

to make soundproof

Bulgarian: заглуша́вам (bg) impf (zaglušávam), заглуша́ (bg) pf (zaglušá), пра́вя звуконепроница́ем impf (právja zvukonepronicáem)
Dutch: geluiddicht maken
Finnish: äänieristää
Russian: заглуши́ть (ru) pf (zaglušítʹ), приглуши́ть (ru) pf (priglušítʹ)

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להתחרש (lehitkharesh)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} surdigar (io)