viuda

Meaning

Adj

feminine singular of viudo

Noun

1. (feminine) widow
2. (feminine) eagle ray

viudo

• Adj
• Noun

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Concepts

widow

widow woman

Synonyms

vídua

Translations

viúva

veuve

viuda

weduwe

Witwe

χήρα

viuvez

jinebî

veuf|veuve

vedova

أرملة

veusa

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbiw.ðə]

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: viuda

In summary

From Latin vidua.
In the Middle Ages, jurists introduced a learned Latin borrowing vídua to replace the inherited Old Catalan form viuva (from a Vulgar Latin *viduva). The current form viuda supposedly emerged as a compromise between the two forms. The masculine form was derived from the feminine. Cf. also Spanish viuda, which may have influenced it.