widowhood
widowhood · widowhoods
вдовство
Witwenschaft, Witwentum, Witwenstand, Verwitwung
The state or period of being a widow or widowerThe state or period of being a widow or widower.
US/ˈwɪd.oʊ.hʊd/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The state or period of being a widow or widower.
Witwenschaft, Witwentum, Witwenstand
вдовство́vdovstvó
the state of being a widow who has not remarried
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
The period of being a widow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
The period of being a widow:
Origin
From Middle English widwehede, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood.From Middle English widwehede, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood.
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Forms
plural: widowhoods| Singular | widowhood |
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regular
Word family
5 related wordsDerivedgrass widowhood
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable