veuf

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin viduus, through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vœf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -œf

Noun

veuf (feminine veuve, masculine plural veufs, feminine plural veuves)

1. widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried)

Adjective

veuf (feminine veuve, masculine plural veufs, feminine plural veuves)

1. widowed
2. odd (missing its pair)
   • une chaussette veuve - an odd sock

Related terms

• veuve

Further reading

• “veuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.