hard of hearing

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

hard of hearing (comparative more hard of hearing, superlative most hard of hearing)

1. (idiomatic) Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.

   Synonyms: HoH, hearing-impaired

   Speak loudly, because Grandpa is somewhat hard of hearing.

Translations

having difficulty hearing

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有聽覺障礙／有听觉障碍 (yǒu tīngjué zhàng'ài), 耳背 (zh) (ěrbèi), 耳沉 (ěrchén)

• Danish: tunghør
• Dutch: hardhorig (nl)
• Estonian: vaegkuulmisega, kõva kuulmisega
• Finnish: huonokuuloinen (fi), kuulovikainen, heikkokuuloinen
• French: dur d’oreille (fr), malentendant (fr)
• Georgian: სმენადაქვეითებული (smenadakveitebuli)
• German: schwerhörig (de), hörgeschädigt
• Greek: βαρήκοος (el) (varíkoos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: nagyothalló (hu)
• Icelandic: heyrnarskert n pl
• Irish: nach bhfuil an éisteacht go maith agat (literally “whose hearing is not good”)
• Italian: duro d'orecchi m, duro di timpani m, duro di udito m, debole di udito, sordastro m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: surdaster
• Navajo: jééhkał
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunghørt (no)

  Nynorsk: tunghøyrd

• Occitan: malausent, malentendent, dur d'aurelha
• Plautdietsch: schwoahierich
• Polish: niedosłyszący (pl), przygłuchy (pl), głuchawy, słabosłyszący (pl) m
• Portuguese: surdo (pt)
• Russian: туго́й на́ у́хо (ru) (tugój ná úxo), тугоу́хий (ru) (tugoúxij), глухова́тый (ru) (gluxovátyj)
• Spanish: duro de oído, teniente (es) (Spain, colloquial; preceded by estar)
• Swedish: lomhörd (sv), hörselskadad (sv) (hearing-impaired)
• Welsh: trwm ei glyw m, trwm ei chlyw f, trwm eu clyw pl