Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.

    schwarze Witwe

    чёрная вдова́čórnaja vdová

    чо́рна вдова́čórna vdová

  2. A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.

    schwarze Witwe

    чёрная вдова́čórnaja vdová

  3. A female suicide bomber, sometimes one intending to avenge her husband who was killed.

    чёрная вдова́čórnaja vdová, шахи́дкаšaxídka

More definitions
  • venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Female black widows are much bigger than males.

    deDas Weibchen der Schwarzen Witwe ist viel größer als das Männchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'm not scared of spiders, unless it's a black widow.

    deIch habe keine Angst vor Spinnen, außer vor schwarzen Witwen. — Waldelfe

  3. There's a huge black widow spider in my room!

    ruВ моей комнате огромный паук «чёрная вдова»! — odexed

    deDa ist eine riesige schwarze Witwe in meinem Zimmer! — Vortarulo

  4. Black Widow is my favorite Marvel character.

  5. Layla killed her husbands for money. She was a classic black widow.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
species of venomous spider:
Русский
By meaning 2
species of venomous spider:
shaheed widow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
species of venomous spider:

Forms

plural: black widows
Singularblack widow
Pluralblack widows

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen:Latrodectus mactans

Word family

2 related words

See also

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