"widowhood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: widowhoods [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wydowhood, widewehad, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wydowhood}} Middle English wydowhood, {{m|enm|widewehad}} widewehad, {{suffix|en|widow|hood}} widow + -hood, {{l|en|widowerhood}} widowerhood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)
  1. The state or period of being a widow or widower. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: grass widowhood Related terms: widow, widowed, widower, widowerhood Translations (The period of being a widow): χηρεία (khēreía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), enkestand [common-gender] (Danish), vidvado (Esperanto), leskeys (Finnish), veuvage [masculine] (French), viuvez [feminine] (Galician), Witwenschaft [feminine] (German), Witwentum [neuter] (German), Witwenstand [masculine] (German), Verwitwung [feminine] (German), χηρεία (chireía) [feminine] (Greek), özvegység (Hungarian), baintreachas [masculine] (Irish), vedovanza [feminine] (Italian), viduitās [feminine] (Latin), rmulija [feminine] (Maltese), pouarutanga (Maori), veusatge (Occitan), wdowieństwo [neuter] (Polish), viuvez [feminine] (Portuguese), văduvie [feminine] (Romanian), вдовство́ (vdovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), viudez [feminine] (Spanish), viudedad [feminine] (Spanish), ujane (Swahili), änkestånd [neuter] (Swedish), వైధవ్యము (vaidhavyamu) (Telugu), dulluk (Turkish)

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          "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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          "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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          "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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          "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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          "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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      "word": "enkestand"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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    {
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "χηρεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "özvegység"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baintreachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vedovanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viduitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rmulija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "pouarutanga"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "veusatge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wdowieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viuvez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "văduvie"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вдовство́"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viudez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "viudedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "ujane"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "änkestånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vaidhavyamu",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "వైధవ్యము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The period of being a widow",
      "word": "dulluk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "widowhood"
}

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