widow

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A person whose spouse is absent:
2. (uncommon) A person whose spouse is absent:
3. (broadly, humorous, in-compounds, informal, often, sarcastic) A person whose spouse is absent:
4. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
6. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To strip of anything valued.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To endow with a widow's right.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To be widow to.

Concetti

vedova

vedovo

védova

nubile

singolo

védovo

zitella

riga isolata

senza marito

celibe

viúva

orfano

solo

unico

Opposto di

orphan

sinonimi

widower

dowager

widow woman

single

spinster

widowed

widowhood

relict

orphan

make

matron

only

render

separated

alone

surviving wife

survivors

unmarried

widow bird

bachelor

bereave

unmarried man

widowman

whidah

whydah

bereaved person

become widowed

dame

champagne

🍾

divorced person

grass widow

lay

Traduzioni

veuve

Witwe

viuda

weduwe

viúva

χήρα

vidua

viudo

vidu

Witwer

vídua

veuf

أرملة

ارملة

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɪd.əʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: widwe

Ereditato da inglese antico: widuwe

Affine inglese antico: widu

Affine tedesco: Witwe

Affine olandese: weduwe

Affine gotico: 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉

Affine irlandese antico: fedb

Affine latino: vidua

Affine slavo ecclesiastico: въдова

Affine sanscrito: विधवा

Affine persiano: بیوه

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English widwe, from Old English widuwe, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”), whence also wood from Old English widu, wudu.
Cognates include German Witwe, Dutch weduwe, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō), Old Irish fedb, Latin vidua, Old Church Slavonic въдова (vŭdova), Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā) and Persian بیوه (bive, bêva), Middle Persian wēwag, Avestan viðavā- "widow" .

Frasi

His widow , Sahana Pradhan , took over the leadership of the party .

La sua vedova, Sahana Pradhan, ha assunto la guida del partito.

He is survived by his widow , Lady Skeet , who resides in Milton Ernest , Bedfordshire .

È sopravvissuto dalla sua vedova, Lady Skeet, che risiede a Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire.