bereavement

bereavement

English

Etymology

bereave +‎ -ment

Noun

bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements)

1. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
   • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

     I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost

Translations

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death

Bulgarian: тежка загуба f (težka zaguba) Catalan: dol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 喪親／丧亲 (zh) (sàngqīn) Czech: zármutek m, truchlení n, smutek (cs) m, žal (cs) m Dutch: verlies (nl), beroving (nl), sterfgeval (nl) Finnish: menetys (fi) French: privation (fr) f, deuil (fr) m German: Trauerfall (de) m Greek: πένθος (el) n (pénthos) Icelandic: ástvinamissir m, einstæðingsskapur m Italian: lutto (it) m Japanese: 死別 (ja) (しべつ, shibetsu) Latin: viduitās f Latvian: zaudējums m Portuguese: luto (pt) m Russian: утра́та (ru) f (utráta), тяжёлая утра́та f (tjažólaja utráta), поте́ря (ru) f (potérja) Spanish: duelo (es) m, luto (es) m Swedish: sorg (sv) c Ukrainian: важка втрата f (važka vtrata) Yiddish: אַבֿלות‎ n (aveyles)

See also

• mourning