bereavement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bereave

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English bereavement

From bereave + -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈriːvmənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪˈrivmənt/, /bi-/

• Audio (US); /bi-/:

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Noun

bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements)

1. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
   • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

     I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost

   She took several weeks off work following the bereavement.

   The organization provides counselling for people experiencing bereavement.

   bereavement support

   bereavement leave

Derived terms

• persistent complex bereavement disorder

Translations

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death

• Bulgarian: тежка загуба f (težka zaguba)
• Catalan: dol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喪親 / 丧亲 (zh) (sàngqīn)

• Czech: zármutek (cs) m, truchlení n, smutek (cs) m, žal (cs) m
• Dutch: verlies (nl) n, beroving (nl) f, sterfgeval (nl) n
• Finnish: menetys (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: doly m
• French: privation (fr) f, deuil (fr) m
• German: Verlust (de) m
• Greek: πένθος (el) n (pénthos)
• Icelandic: ástvinamissir m, einstæðingsskapur m
• Italian: lutto (it) m
• Japanese: 死別 (ja) (しべつ, shibetsu)
• Latin: viduitās f
• Latvian: zaudējums m
• Portuguese: luto (pt) m
• Russian: утра́та (ru) f (utráta), тяжёлая утра́та f (tjažólaja utráta), поте́ря (ru) f (potérja)
• Spanish: duelo (es) m, luto (es) m
• Swedish: sorg (sv) c
• Ukrainian: втра́та f (vtráta), важка́ втра́та f (važká vtráta), тяжка́ втра́та f (tjažká vtráta)
• Yiddish: אַבֿלות n (aveyles)

See also

• mourning