🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Déficience visuelle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Déficience visuelle

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Visual Impairment/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl ɪmˈpɛr.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les personnes ayant une déficience visuelle peuvent bénéficier de technologies d'assistance."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A condition in which a person's eyesight is reduced or impaired, affecting their ability to see clearly.

    "Many individuals with visual impairment use assistive technologies to navigate their environments."
  2. 2

    A broad term that encompasses various degrees of sight loss, from mild to complete blindness.

    "Visual impairment can result from various factors, including genetic conditions, injury, or disease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'visual impairment' combines 'visual', derived from the Latin 'visus' meaning 'sight', and 'impairment', from the Latin 'impairare', meaning 'to make worse'. The phrase has evolved to describe a range of conditions affecting sight, particularly in the context of health and disability discussions since the late 20th century.

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