A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.
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Widower
//ˈwɪdoʊɚ//
Synonyms for "widower" (6 found)
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116 translations across 93 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wewenaar noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Albanian
2 entries- i ve noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- vejan noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Arabic
2 entries- أَرْمَل noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- ارمل noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Armenian
1 entries- այրի noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Aromanian
2 entries- veduu noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- veduv noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Asturian
1 entries- viudu noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dul kişi noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Bashkir
2 entries- тол noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- тол ир noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Basque
1 entries- alargun noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Belarusian
2 entries- удаве́ц noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- ўдаве́ц noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Bengali
2 entries- অপত্নীক noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- বিপত্নীক noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Breton
1 entries- intañv noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вдове́ц noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Burmese
1 entries- မုဆိုးဖို noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- вдове́ць noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Catalan
1 entries- vidu noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Chamicuro
1 entries- maluti noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鰥夫 /鳏夫 noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寡夫 noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- 鰥夫 /鳏夫 noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Czech
1 entries- vdovec noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Danish
1 entries- enkemand noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Dari
1 entries- بیوَه noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Dutch
1 entries- weduwnaar noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Erzya
1 entries- доваля noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Esperanto
1 entries- vidvo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Estonian
1 entries- leskmees noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Faroese
1 entries- einkjumaður noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Finnish
2 entries- leski noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- leskimies noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- vevo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
French
1 entries- veuf noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Friulian
1 entries- vedul noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Galician
1 entries- viúvo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Georgian
1 entries- ქვრივი noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
German
1 entries- Witwer noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Greek
1 entries- χήρος noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַלְמָן noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Hindi
2 entries- रंडवा noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- विधुर noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Hungarian
1 entries- özvegyember noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Icelandic
1 entries- ekkill noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Ido
1 entries- vidvulo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Indonesian
1 entries- duda noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Ingrian
2 entries- leski noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- leskimees noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- بیوِه noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Irish
1 entries- baintreach fir noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Italian
1 entries- vedovo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Japanese
2 entries- 寡夫 noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- 男やもめ noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Kazakh
1 entries- тұл ер noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Korean
1 entries- 홀아비 noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Latin
1 entries- viduus noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Latvian
1 entries- atraitnis noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Lithuanian
1 entries- našlys noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Livonian
2 entries- atrāita noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- lešk noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Macedonian
1 entries- вдовец noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Malay
1 entries- duda noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Marathi
1 entries- विधुर noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Māori
2 entries- pouaru noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- takahore noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- enkemann noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- enkemann noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- enkjemann noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Occitan
1 entries- veuse noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Odia
2 entries- ବିପତ୍ନୀକ noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- ମୃତଦାର noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Old English
1 entries- widuwa noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- ґдовец noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Piedmontese
1 entries- vido noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wätmaun noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Polish
1 entries- wdowiec noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Portuguese
1 entries- viúvo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Quechua
1 entries- ikma noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Romanian
1 entries- văduv noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Russian
1 entries- вдове́ц noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विधुर noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Scots
1 entries- weedae-man noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- banntrach noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- udóvac noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- удо́вац noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Sicilian
2 entries- vìduu noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- vìduvu noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Slovak
1 entries- vdovec noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Slovene
1 entries- vdovec noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Spanish
1 entries- viudo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Swahili
1 entries- mjane noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Swedish
2 entries- änkeman noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- änkling noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Tajik
2 entries- бева noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- занмурда noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Tarifit
1 entries- ajjar noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Thai
4 entries- พ่อม่าย noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- พ่อหม้าย noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- ม่าย noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- หม้าย noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Turkish
1 entries- dul noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вдіве́ць noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Urdu
1 entries- رَن٘ڈْوا noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Uzbek
1 entries- beva kishi noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Venetan
1 entries- védoo noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người góa vợ noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Volapük
1 entries- hiviudan noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Welsh
2 entries- gwidwer noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
- gŵr gweddw noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- warrbil noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Yup'ik
1 entries- aipaineq noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Yámana
1 entries- šupun-wa noun (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
Sample sentences
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He's a widower with three small children to take care of.
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He was a widower, but a year after his son's wedding, he could not restrain himself any longer and also got married.
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Tom is a widower.
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