sourd

English

Alternative forms

• sourde

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sourden, from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgō, contraction of earlier subrigō. Compare source.

Verb

sourd (third-person singular simple present sourds, present participle sourding, simple past and past participle sourded)

1. (obsolete) To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, “The Best Governance”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC, 1st book, page 11:

     […] wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde […]

   • 1560, “Pſalme. xxxvi”, in Matthew Parker, The whole Pſalter tranſlated into Engliſh metre […] ‎^[1], Iohn Daye, page 98:

     Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife […]

   • 1596, Tho[mas] Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. […], London: […] John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], →OCLC, page 71:

     Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sourd, from Old French sourt, sord, surt, surz, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suʁ/

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Adjective

sourd (feminine sourde, masculine plural sourds, feminine plural sourdes)

1. deaf (person, animal)

   Synonyms: dur de la feuille, mal-entendant

2. muffled (sound)
3. (phonetics) unvoiced, voiceless

   Synonym: dévoisé

   Antonym: sonore

Noun

sourd m (plural sourds, feminine sourde)

1. deaf person

Derived terms

• assourdir
• dialogue de sourds
• faire la sourde oreille
• il n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre
• sourd comme un pot
• sourdement
• sourdine
• sourdingue
• tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd

Related terms

• absurde
• surdité

Verb

sourd

1. third-person singular present indicative of sourdre

Further reading

• “sourd”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sourt, sord, surt, surz, from Latin surdus.

Noun

sourd m (plural sourds)

1. deaf person

Adjective

sourd m (feminine singular sourde, masculine plural sourdz, feminine plural sourdes)

1. deaf

Descendants

• French: sourd