Widowhood

Synonyms for "widowhood" (3 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

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Translations

32 translations across 28 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χηρεία noun (The period of being a widow)

Catalan

1 entries
  • viduïtat noun (The period of being a widow)

Danish

1 entries
  • enkestand noun (The period of being a widow)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • vidvado noun (The period of being a widow)

Finnish

1 entries
  • leskeys noun (The period of being a widow)

French

1 entries
  • veuvage noun (The period of being a widow)

Galician

1 entries
  • viuvez noun (The period of being a widow)

German

4 entries
  • Verwitwung noun (The period of being a widow)
  • Witwenschaft noun (The period of being a widow)
  • Witwenstand noun (The period of being a widow)
  • Witwentum noun (The period of being a widow)

Greek

1 entries
  • χηρεία noun (The period of being a widow)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • özvegység noun (The period of being a widow)

Irish

1 entries
  • baintreachas noun (The period of being a widow)

Italian

1 entries
  • vedovanza noun (The period of being a widow)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವೈಧವ್ಯ noun (The period of being a widow)

Latin

1 entries
  • viduitās noun (The period of being a widow)

Maltese

1 entries
  • rmulija noun (The period of being a widow)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वैधव्य noun (The period of being a widow)

Māori

1 entries
  • pouarutanga noun (The period of being a widow)

Occitan

1 entries
  • veusatge noun (The period of being a widow)

Polish

1 entries
  • wdowieństwo noun (The period of being a widow)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • viuvez noun (The period of being a widow)

Romanian

1 entries
  • văduvie noun (The period of being a widow)

Russian

1 entries
  • вдовство́ noun (The period of being a widow)

Spanish

2 entries
  • viudedad noun (The period of being a widow)
  • viudez noun (The period of being a widow)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ujane noun (The period of being a widow)

Swedish

1 entries
  • änkestånd noun (The period of being a widow)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వైధవ్యము noun (The period of being a widow)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dulluk noun (The period of being a widow)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gweddwdod noun (The period of being a widow)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

Source: tatoeba (554873)

And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him.

Source: tatoeba (7873076)

The woman therefore at one copulation conceived. And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood.

Source: tatoeba (7873238)

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