viuda

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vidua, following metathesis.

Noun[edit]

viuda f (plural viudes)

  1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vidua.

In the Middle Ages, jurists introduced a learned Latin borrowing vídua to replace the inherited Old Catalan form viuva (from a Vulgar Latin *viduva). The current form viuda supposedly emerged as a compromise between the two forms.[1] The masculine form was derived from the feminine. Cf. also Spanish viuda, which may have influenced it.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

viuda f sg

  1. feminine singular of viudo

Noun[edit]

viuda f (plural viudes, masculine viudo)

  1. widow
  2. eagle ray
    Synonym: milana

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ viudo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish viuda, vibda, bibda, biuda, from Latin vidua, following metathesis.[1]

The Spanish word may have had some later influence from the Latin in the Middle Ages; compare the strictly popular Old Spanish form viuva, which is the form also found in Portuguese and Old Catalan, deriving from a Latin *viduva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjuda/ [ˈbju.ð̞a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Syllabification: viu‧da

Noun[edit]

viuda f (plural viudas, masculine viudo, masculine plural viudos)

  1. widow
  2. dowager

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

viuda

  1. feminine singular of viudo

References[edit]

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