Surd

Definition: Surd

Surd

Adjective

1. (linguistics) of speech sounds.

Noun

1. A consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords.

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Date "surd" was first used: 1551. (references)

Synonyms: Surd

Number

Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient.

Positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.

Crosswords: Surd

Romanian (deaf, dull, hidden, hollow, secret, sharp, smothered, unvoiced).

Books

• Quests Surd and Absurd: Essays in American Literature (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

iracional (irrational), i pazëshëm (soundless, voiceless). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لا عقلاني (irrational), ‏صامت (dumb, mum, mute, noiseless, quiet, silenced, silent, speechless, still, tacit, tight lipped, unvoiced, voiceless, whist, wordless), ‏الأصم, ‏أصم (deaf, deafening, endocrine, irrational, prime). (various references)

Bulgarian 

беззвучна съгласна (mute), беззвучен (mute, noiseless, sharp, soundless, toneless, unvoiced, voiceless), ирационално число (irrational), ирационален (irrational). (various references)

Czech

iracionální (irrational). (various references)

French

sourde, sourd, irrationnel. (various references)

German

irrational (irrational, irrationally). (various references)

Greek 

άφωνο σύμφωνο, ασύμμετροσ αριθμόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

אי רציו� לי (irrational). (various references)

Hungarian

irracionális szám, irracionális (irrational). (various references)

Manx

surdey. (various references)

Pig Latin

urdsay

Portuguese

surdo (deaf, hard of hearing, hollow, obtuse, sharp), número irracional (irrational), irracional (beyond reason, irrational, out of reason, preposterous, unreasonable, unthinking), consoante surda. (various references)

Russian 

глухой (deaf, hollow, impervious, outlandish, unvoiced, voiceless), иррациональный (irrational). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mukao, iracionalan (irrational). (various references)

Spanish

sordo (deaf, dull, hollow, muffled, muted, tone deaf), número irracional (irrational number). (various references)

Swedish

tonlöst ljud, tonlös (toneless, unvoiced, voiceless), irrationellt tal (irrational number), irrationell (irrational, unreasoning). (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับรากไม่รู้จบ, เป็นพยัญชนะที่ไม่มีเสียง, พยัญชนะที่ไม่มีเสียงออกมา, ตัวเลขที่มีรากไม่รู้จบ. (various references)

Turkish

sessiz (close-tongued, dumb, hushed, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonviolent, non-violent, quiescent, quiet, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, still, tacit, taciturn, tuneless, unvoiced, voiceless, without a sound, wordless), tam sayının karekökü, rasyonel olmayan sayı, rasyonel olmayan, asam, ünsüz (consonant, unvoiced). (various references)

Ukrainian

ірраціональне число, ірраціональний (incommensurable), глухий звук (thud), глухий (atonic, backwoods, deaf, noteless, obtuse, one horse, unvoiced). (various references)

surdus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "surd": surds. (additional references)

Words ending with "surd": absurd. (additional references)

Words containing "surd": absurder, absurdest, absurdism, absurdisms, absurdist, absurdists, absurdities, absurdity, absurdly, absurdness, absurdnesses, absurds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Surd" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: murd, nurd, qurd, sarda, sardo, serd, serod, serud, Sgur, sird, sjur, sorx, sru, srund, sturd, suad, Suard, sud, suid, suld, sumr, sund, surb, surc, surdo, sured, surg, suri, surid, surl, surn, surp, surr, surra, surt, surv, sury, suud, suuri, swurd, turd, usr, zard, zerd, zudd, Zurada, zurd, zurp. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: urds.

-1 letter: urd.

-2 letters: us.

+1 letter: burds, cruds, curds, drubs, drugs, drums, druse, duras, dures, durns, duros, durrs, durst, hurds, nurds, rudds, sudor, surds, turds.

+2 letters: absurd, crudes, cursed, demurs, dorsum, douras, douser, drouks, druids, drunks, drupes, druses, dupers, duress, durocs, durras, durums, duster, frauds, gourds, gradus, guards, mudras, murids, nursed, odours, perdus, prudes, purdas, pursed, radius, redubs, reused, rounds, roused, rudest, rushed, rusted, shroud, siddur, soured, stroud, sturdy, sudary, sudors, sudser, sunder, sundry, surfed, surged, udders, uredos.