Grammatical class

Adjective

sourd

deaf (person, animal)

Details

Syllables

sourd

Phonetics

suʁ

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

24219

Freq. (movies)

50223

Freq. (news)

14023

Sentences

Es-tu sourd ?

Are you deaf?

A1

Il est sourd.

He is deaf.

A1

Je suis sourd.

I am deaf.

A1

Tom est sourd.

Tom's deaf.

A1

Il était aussi sourd.

He was deaf, too.

A2

Tom est sourd comme un pot.

Tom is as deaf as a post.

A2

T'es sourd ou quoi ?

Are you deaf or what?

B1

Dans ses dernières années Beethoven était sourd.

Beethoven was deaf in his late years.

B1

Sami devint subitement aveugle et sourd.

Sami suddenly went blind and deaf.

B2

D'un petit gland sourd naît un grand chêne.

From a small acorn grows a tall oak tree.

B2