The widow had to get through a lot of hardships.
Source: tatoeba (43837)
Widow
//ˈwɪd.əʊ//
Synonyms for "widow" (11 found)
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1 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
271 translations across 162 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аԥҳәысеиба noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Afar
1 entries- gubuna noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Afrikaans
1 entries- weduwee noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Aklanon
1 entries- baeo noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Albanian
1 entries- ve noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Amharic
1 entries- መበለት noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χήρα noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Arabic
3 entries- أرملة noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- أَرْمَلة noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- أَرْمَلَة noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Armenian
2 entries- այրի noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- այրի noun (person whose spouse has died)
Aromanian
2 entries- veduvã noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- veduã noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Asturian
1 entries- viuda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dul noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- dul noun (person whose spouse has died)
Balinese
2 entries- balu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- rangda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Bashkir
3 entries- тол noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- тол noun (person whose spouse has died)
- тол ҡатын noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Basque
1 entries- alargun noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Belarusian
2 entries- удава́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ўдава́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Bengali
1 entries- বিধবা noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Breton
3 entries- intañvez noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- intañvez noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- linenn intañvez noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вдови́ца noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- сла́мена вдови́ца noun (woman whose husband is often away)
- че́рна вдови́ца noun (spider of the genus Latrodectus)
Burmese
1 entries- မုဆိုးမ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- вдова́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Catalan
1 entries- vídua noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Central Melanau
1 entries- jabul noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Chechen
1 entries- жеро noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Chinese
2 entries- гуафу noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- гуафужын noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 寡母婆 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 寡婦 /寡妇 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Chukchi
1 entries- ӄликвъильын noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Church Slavic
2 entries- въдова noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ⰲⱏⰴⱁⰲⰰ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Czech
2 entries- slaměná vdova noun (woman whose husband is often away)
- vdova noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Danish
2 entries- enke noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- horeunge noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Dari
1 entries- بیوَه noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Dutch
3 entries- weduw noun (person whose spouse has died)
- weduwe noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- weduwe noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Egyptian
1 entries- XA-A-r:*t-B1 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Erzya
1 entries- дова noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Esperanto
2 entries- gevidvo noun (person whose spouse has died)
- vidvino noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Estonian
2 entries- lesk noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- lesk noun (person whose spouse has died)
Ewe
1 entries- ahosi noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Faroese
1 entries- einkja noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Finnish
4 entries- Latrodectus noun (spider of the genus Latrodectus)
- leski noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- leski noun (person whose spouse has died)
- leski noun (woman whose husband is often away)
French
2 entries- chien noun (card games: additional hand dealt face down)
- veuve noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Friulian
1 entries- vedue noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Galician
3 entries- viúva noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- viúva negra noun (spider of the genus Latrodectus)
- viúvo noun (person whose spouse has died)
Georgian
2 entries- ქვრივი noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ქვრივი noun (person whose spouse has died)
German
2 entries- Hurenkind noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- Witwe noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Greek
1 entries- χήρα noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Gujarati
3 entries- બેવા noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- રાંડીરાંડ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- વિધવા noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- vèv noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַלְמָנָה noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- אִלְמֵן verb (to make a widow or widower)
Higaonon
1 entries- balo noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Hindi
2 entries- बेवा noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- विधवा noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Hungarian
4 entries- özvegy noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- özvegy noun (person whose spouse has died)
- özvegyasszony noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- özvegysor noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Iban
1 entries- balu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Icelandic
1 entries- ekkja noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ido
2 entries- vidvino noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- vidvo noun (person whose spouse has died)
Indonesian
1 entries- janda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ingrian
3 entries- leski noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- leski noun (person whose spouse has died)
- leskinain noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ingush
1 entries- жеро noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- بیوِه noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Iranun
1 entries- balu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Irish
2 entries- baintreach noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ciste noun (card games: additional hand dealt face down)
Istriot
1 entries- viduva noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Italian
2 entries- vedova noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- vedovare verb (to make a widow or widower)
Japanese
4 entries- ウィドー noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- 孤立行 noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- 寡婦 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- 後家 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Javanese
1 entries- randha noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Judeo-Italian
1 entries- וֵידוּוַה noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Kashubian
2 entries- gdowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- wdowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Kazakh
3 entries- жесір әйел noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- тұл жесір noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- тұл әйел noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Khmer
3 entries- មេម៉ាយ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ម៉ាយ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- វិធវា noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Korean
2 entries- 과부 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- 홀어미 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жесир аял noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ladino
1 entries- enbivdar verb (to make a widow or widower)
Lao
2 entries- ແມ່ໝ້າຍ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ໝ້າຍ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Latin
1 entries- vidua noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Latvian
1 entries- atraitne noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Laz
1 entries- შირა noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Lithuanian
1 entries- našlė noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Livonian
2 entries- atrāitanai noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- lešknai noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- hudowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Macedonian
1 entries- вдовица noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Malagasy
2 entries- maty vady noun (person whose spouse has died)
- mpananotena noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Malay
2 entries- balu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- janda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിധവ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Maltese
1 entries- armla noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Maranao
1 entries- balo noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Marathi
1 entries- विद्वा noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Middle Irish
1 entries- baintrebthach noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Mongolian
1 entries- бэлэвсэн эхнэр noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Māori
3 entries- pouaru noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- takahore noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- whakapouaru verb (to make a widow or widower)
Navajo
1 entries- asdzání bahastiin daaztsánígíí noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Norman
1 entries- veuve noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- bîjin noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- jinebî noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 守寡嫲 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Northern Sami
2 entries- leaska noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- leaska noun (person whose spouse has died)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- enke noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- enkje noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Occitan
1 entries- veusa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Odia
1 entries- ନିସଙ୍ଗ ଧାଡ଼ି noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- въдова noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old English
1 entries- widuwe noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old Irish
1 entries- fedb noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old Javanese
2 entries- raṇḍa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- walu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old Norse
2 entries- ekkia noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ænkia noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐱄𐰆𐰟 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ossetian
1 entries- идӕдз ус noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Pali
1 entries- vidhavā noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- ґдова noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ґдовица noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Pashto
2 entries- باربلېزه noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- کونډه noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤀𐤋𐤌𐤕 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Piedmontese
1 entries- vidoa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wätfru noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Polish
4 entries- bękart noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- musik noun (card games: additional hand dealt face down)
- wdowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- wdowa noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- χ̌έρα noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Portuguese
4 entries- viúva noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- viúva noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- viúva negra noun (spider of the genus Latrodectus)
- viúvo noun (person whose spouse has died)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਿਧਵਾ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Quechua
2 entries- ikma noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ikma noun (person whose spouse has died)
Romanian
1 entries- văduvă noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Russian
4 entries- вдова́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- вдови́ца noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- вися́чая строка́ noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
- соло́менная вдова́ noun (woman whose husband is often away)
Saho
1 entries- gubnä noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विधवा noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Sardinian
1 entries- fiuda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Scots
2 entries- weedae noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- weedae-wife noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- banntrach noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- banntrach noun (person whose spouse has died)
- bantrach noun (person whose spouse has died)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- udòvica noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ùdova noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- у̀дова noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- удо̀вица noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Sicilian
2 entries- vìdua noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- vìduva noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Silesian
1 entries- gdowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Sindhi
1 entries- وڌوا noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Slovak
2 entries- slamená vdova noun (woman whose husband is often away)
- vdova noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Slovene
1 entries- vdova noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тул noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Spanish
2 entries- viuda noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- enviudar verb (to make a widow or widower)
Swahili
4 entries- mjane noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- mjane noun (person whose spouse has died)
- mjane noun (woman whose husband is often away)
- mjane noun (single line of type carried over to the next page)
Swedish
2 entries- gräsänka noun (woman whose husband is often away)
- änka noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tajik
1 entries- бева noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Talysh
2 entries- vev noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- ویوهژن noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tamil
1 entries- விதவை noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tarifit
1 entries- tajjatš noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tat
1 entries- biyə noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tausug
1 entries- balu noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Thai
4 entries- ม่าย noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- หม้าย noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- แม่ม่าย noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- แม่หม้าย noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መበለት noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Turkish
3 entries- dul noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- dul noun (person whose spouse has died)
- dul bırakmak verb (to make a widow or widower)
Turkmen
2 entries- dul aýal noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- dul zenan noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎀𐎍𐎎𐎐𐎚 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вдова́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- вдови́ця noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- удова́ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- удови́ця noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wudowa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Urdu
3 entries- بیوَہ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- وِدْھوا noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- وِیڈو noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Uyghur
2 entries- تۇل noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- تۇل خوتۇن noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Uzbek
2 entries- beva noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- tul noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Venetan
1 entries- védoa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Vietnamese
2 entries- goá noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- quả phụ noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Volapük
2 entries- jiviudan noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- viudan noun (person whose spouse has died)
Votic
1 entries- lehtši noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Welsh
1 entries- gweddw noun (woman whose spouse has died)
West Coast Bajau
2 entries- baau noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- pituanun noun (woman whose spouse has died)
West-Frisian
1 entries- widdo noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 孤孀 noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַלמאָנע noun (woman whose spouse has died)
- אַלמנה noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Yup'ik
1 entries- aipaineq noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Yámana
1 entries- šupun-kipa noun (woman whose spouse has died)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The widow was dressed in black.
Source: tatoeba (43838)
The widow suffered from stomach cancer.
Source: tatoeba (43839)
At the funeral, the widow looked very dignified, with her black suit, hat and gloves.
Source: tatoeba (64262)
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