widowerhood

English

Etymology

From widower +‎ -hood.

Noun

widowerhood (usually uncountable, plural widowerhoods)

1. The state or period of being a widower.

Related terms

• widow
• widowed
• widower
• widowhood

Translations

The period of being a widower

• Finnish: leskeys (fi)
• French: veuvage (fr) m
• German: Witwertum n
• Greek: χηρεία (el) f (chireía)
• Hungarian: özvegység (hu)
• Irish: baintreachas m
• Maori: pouarutanga
• Polish: wdowieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: viuvez f
• Swahili: ujane (sw)