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surd¹

  • /surd/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare Aromanian surdu.

adjective surdă · surzi · surde · surd

  1. masculine, neuter deaf

Surd²

Where it comes from

From surd.

proper noun lui Surd

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • deaf unable to hear
  • voiceless phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
  • deaf person deaf person - translation entry

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"surd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/surd. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

surd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/surd

Chicago

"surd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/surd.

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@misc{surd_2026,
  title = {surd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/surd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}