Mot du Jour: Sourd (Deaf)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

sourd, ~e /suʀ/ , /suʀd/

I.adjective
1.deaf;
~ à deaf to [pleas];
2.[noise] dull;
[voice] muffled;
3.[pain] dull;
4.[consonant] voiceless, surd.
II.noun, masculine, feminine deaf person;
les ~s the deaf.

IDIOMS:
faire la ~e oreille to turn a deaf ear;
comme un ~ [shout] at the top of one's voice;
comme un ~ like one possessed;
ce n'est pas tombé dans l'oreille d'un ~ it didn't go unheard.