bereavement

English[edit]

bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements)

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

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 m, truchlení n, smutek (cs) m, žal (cs) m
Dutch: verlies (nl), beroving (nl), sterfgeval (nl)
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)