widowhood

English

Etymology

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

Noun

widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)

The state or period of being a widow or widower.

Related terms

Translations

The period of being a widow

Danish: enkestand c
Esperanto: vidvado
Finnish: leskeys (fi)
French: veuvage (fr) m
Galician: viuvez f
German: Witwenschaft f, Witwentum n, Witwenstand (de) m, Verwitwung f
Greek: χηρεία (el) f (chireía)
Ancient: χηρεία f (khēreía)
Irish: baintreachas m
Italian: vedovanza (it) f

Latin: viduitās f
Maori: pouarutanga
Occitan: veusatge
Polish: wdowieństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: viuvez f
Romanian: văduvie (ro) f
Russian: вдовство́ (ru) n (vdovstvó)
Spanish: viudez (es) f, viudedad f
Swedish: änkestånd (sv) n
Turkish: dulluk (tr)

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