surdo
English edit
Noun edit
surdo (plural surdos)
- A type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.
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surdo
Latin edit
Adjective edit
surdō
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈsurdə], (feminine) [ˈsordə]
- (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈsurdə] (masculine/feminine)
Adjective edit
surdo (feminine singular sorda, masculine plural surde, feminine plural sorde)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 190: “sorda; sorda; sordi; sorde” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “surdo-sórda”, in Schedario Napoletano
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo, from Latin surdus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
Adjective edit
surdo (feminine surda, masculine plural surdos, feminine plural surdas, comparable, comparative mais surdo, superlative o mais surdo or surdíssimo)
- deaf (unable to hear)
- (of a sound) faint, muffled
- deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
- (phonetics) voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
Noun edit
surdo m (plural surdos, feminine surda, feminine plural surdas)
- deaf person
- Antonym: ouvinte
- (music) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
surdo