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The state or period of being a widow or widower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the state of being a widow who has not remarried
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: marital status
the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time of life
From Middle English wydowhood, widewehad, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
viduïtat
— The period of being a widow
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Danish:
enkestand
— The period of being a widow
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Esperanto:
vidvado
— The period of being a widow
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Finnish:
leskeys
— The period of being a widow
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French:
veuvage
— The period of being a widow
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Galician:
viuvez
— The period of being a widow
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German:
Witwenschaft
— The period of being a widow
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German:
Witwentum
— The period of being a widow
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German:
Witwenstand
— The period of being a widow
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German:
Verwitwung
— The period of being a widow
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Greek:
χηρεία
(chireía)
— The period of being a widow
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Ancient Greek:
χηρεία
(khēreía)
— The period of being a widow
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Hungarian:
özvegység
— The period of being a widow
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Irish:
baintreachas
— The period of being a widow
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Italian:
vedovanza
— The period of being a widow
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Kannada:
ವೈಧವ್ಯ
(vaidhavya)
— The period of being a widow
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Latin:
viduitās
— The period of being a widow
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Maltese:
rmulija
— The period of being a widow
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Māori:
pouarutanga
— The period of being a widow
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Marathi:
वैधव्य
(vaidhavya)
— The period of being a widow
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Occitan:
veusatge
— The period of being a widow
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Polish:
wdowieństwo
— The period of being a widow
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Portuguese:
viuvez
— The period of being a widow
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Romanian:
văduvie
— The period of being a widow
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Russian:
вдовство́
(vdovstvó)
— The period of being a widow
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Spanish:
viudez
— The period of being a widow
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Spanish:
viudedad
— The period of being a widow
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Swahili:
ujane
— The period of being a widow
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Swedish:
änkestånd
— The period of being a widow
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Telugu:
వైధవ్యము
(vaidhavyamu)
— The period of being a widow
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Turkish:
dulluk
— The period of being a widow
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Welsh:
gweddwdod
— The period of being a widow
