dialogue de sourds
French
editEtymology
editLiterally, “dialogue of the deaf”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdialogue de sourds m (plural dialogues de sourds)
- (figuratively) a dialogue where both participants speak past one another, without listening to each other
Descendants
edit- → Dutch: dovemansgesprek (calque)
- → English: dialogue of the deaf (calque)