widowed

English

Adjective

widowed (not comparable)

1. (of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
   • 1959, Don McLean, American Pie (song):

     I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.

Derived terms

• grass-widowed

 

Translations

(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died

• Basque: alargun (eu)
• Catalan: vidu (ca), viudo (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: leskeksi jäänyt, leski-
• French: veuf (fr) m, veuve (fr) f
• Galician: viúvo (gl) m, viúva f
• German: verwitwet (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: χήρειος (khḗreios)

• Hungarian: megözvegyült (hu)
• Ingrian: leski
• Italian: vedovo (it)
• Maori: pūtao
• Portuguese: viúvo (pt), enviuvado
• Romanian: văduv (ro)
• Slovak: ovdovený
• Spanish: viudo (es)
• Tetum: faluk
• Turkish: dul (tr)
• Welsh: gweddw (cy)

Verb

widowed

1. simple past and past participle of widow