sourd

• sourde

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

• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /suːrd/

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

1. (Early Modern) 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 M Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E P Dutton & Co, published , →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 ‎, 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 Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. , London: John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J P C, editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), , →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.

• dorus, Duros, sudor, Durso, surdo

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

• IPA^(key): /suʁ/

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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

sourd m (plural sourds, feminine sourde)

1. deaf person

sourd

1. third-person singular present indicative of sourdre

• “sourd”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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

sourd m (plural sourds)

1. deaf person

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

1. deaf

• French: sourd