sourd
French, noun/suʁ/
sourd is spelled S-O-U-R-D (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sourd is a French masculine noun meaning “deaf person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sourdre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sourde”.
What does sourd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deaf (person, animal)
- 2
muffled (sound)
- 3
unvoiced, voiceless
noun
- 1
masculinedeaf person
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of sourdre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont l’acuité auditive est diminuée de façon importante ou totale, en parlant d’une personne ou d'un animal. 2. Qui ne tient pas compte de ce qu'on lui dit, qui refuse de comprendre. 3. Qui est peu sonore, qui rend un son étouffé. 4. Se dit d’un son du langage qui ne fait pas vibrer les cordes vocales.
noun: 1. Personne sourde.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sourd
- sourde feminine
- sourds masculine plural
- sourdes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sourd?
- /suʁ/
- \suʁ\
- [suʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sourd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sourd in French?
sourd appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).