widower
widower · widowers
вдівець
вдовец
Witwer
A man whose spouse has diedA man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
US/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/
» I'm a widower.
Я вдовец.
Я вдівець.
Meaning
1 sensesA man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
Witwer
вдове́цvdovéc
вдіве́цьvdivécʹ
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
Examples
34 sentencesI'm a widower.
Я вдівець.
ruЯ вдовец.
I know Tom is a widower.
I know that Tom is a widower.
Tom's only been a widower for six months.
I've only been a widower for three months.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:
Русский
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:
Origin
From Middle English widwere, equivalent to widow + -er.From Middle English widwere, equivalent to widow + -er.
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Forms
plural: widowersSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried:widowman