widowerhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

widower +‎ -hood

Noun[edit]

widowerhood (usually uncountable, plural widowerhoods)

The state or period of being a widower.

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

The period of being a widower

Finnish: leskeys (fi)
French: veuvage (fr) m
German: Witwertum n
Greek: χηρεία (el) f (chireía)
Hungarian: özvegység (hu)
Irish: baintreachas m
Maori: pouarutanga
Polish: wdowieństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: viuvez f
Swahili: ujane (sw)

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