widowhood

English

Etymology

From Middle English wydowhood, widewehad, equivalent to widow +‎ -hood. Compare widowerhood.

Pronunciation

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Noun

widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)

2. The state or period of being a widow or widower.

Derived terms

• grass widowhood

Related terms

• widow
• widowed
• widower
• widowerhood

Translations

The period of being a widow

• Catalan: viduïtat (ca) f
• Danish: enkestand c
• Esperanto: vidvado
• Finnish: leskeys (fi)
• French: veuvage (fr) m
• Galician: viuvez (gl) f
• German: Witwenschaft (de) f, Witwentum n, Witwenstand (de) m, Verwitwung (de) f
• Greek: χηρεία (el) f (chireía)

  Ancient Greek: χηρεία f (khēreía)

• Hungarian: özvegység (hu)
• Irish: baintreachas m
• Italian: vedovanza (it) f
• Kannada: ವೈಧವ್ಯ (kn) (vaidhavya)
• Latin: viduitās f
• Maltese: rmulija f
• Māori: pouarutanga
• Marathi: वैधव्य n (vaidhavya)
• Occitan: veusatge
• Polish: wdowieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: viuvez f
• Romanian: văduvie (ro) f
• Russian: вдовство́ (ru) n (vdovstvó)
• Spanish: viudez (es) f, viudedad f
• Swahili: ujane (sw)
• Swedish: änkestånd (sv) n
• Telugu: వైధవ్యము (te) (vaidhavyamu)
• Turkish: dulluk (tr)
• Welsh: gweddwdod m