widowhood

widowhood

English

Etymology

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

Noun

widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)

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

Related terms

• widow
• widowed
• widower
• widowerhood

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)