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Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of widow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
single because of death of the spouse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
alargun
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Catalan:
vidu
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Catalan:
viudo
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Chinese Mandarin:
寡居的
(guǎjū de)
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Chinese Mandarin:
喪妻的 /丧妻的
(sàngqī de)
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Czech:
ovdovělý
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Finnish:
leskeksi jäänyt
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Finnish:
leski-
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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French:
veuf
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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French:
veuve
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Galician:
viúvo
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Galician:
viúva
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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German:
verwitwet
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Ancient Greek:
χήρειος
(khḗreios)
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Hungarian:
megözvegyült
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Ingrian:
leski
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Italian:
vedovo
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Māori:
pūtao
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Portuguese:
viúvo
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Portuguese:
enviuvado
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Romanian:
văduv
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Slovak:
ovdovený
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Spanish:
viudo
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Tetum:
faluk
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Turkish:
dul
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
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Welsh:
gweddw
— (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died