widower
/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/
widower noun: a man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
Noun
widower (plural widowers)
- A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
- Tears of the widower, when he sees
A late-lost form that sleep reveals,
And moves his doubtful arms, and feels
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- Tears of the widower, when he sees
widower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
widower in Hindi
- a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried
- विधुर vidhur, रंडवा raṇḍvā
widower in Tamil
- கைம்மான், தபுதாரன், மனைவியிழந்தவர்
widower in Marathi
- a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried
- विधुर vidhur
widower in Urdu
- a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried
- رَن٘ڈْوا rãḍvā
More languagesFewer languages
- widower in Bengali
- বিপত্নীক bipotnik, অপত্নীক opotnik
- widower in Malayalam
- വിഭാര്യൻ
- widower in Kannada
- ವಿಧುರ, ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡವನು, ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಸತ್ತವನು
- widower in Punjabi
- ਵਿਧੁਰ
- widower in Gujarati
- વિધુર vidhur
- widower in Odia
- ବିପତ୍ନୀକ bipatnika, ମୃତଦାର mrutadāra
- widower in Sanskrit
- विधुर vidhura
- widower in Nepali
- विधुर
- widower in Arabic
- أَرْمَل ʔarmal
- widower in Malay
- duda
- widower in Indonesian
- duda
- widower in Thai
- พ่อม่าย, พ่อหม้าย, ม่าย mâai, หม้าย mâai
- widower in Vietnamese
- người góa vợ
- widower in Myanmar
- မုဆိုးဖို mu.hcui:hpui
Forms of widower
| plural | widowers |
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Origin of widower
From Middle English widwere, equivalent to widow + -er.
Words formed from widower
Questions about widower
- What does widower mean?
- Widower means a man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
- What is widower in Hindi?
- Widower in Hindi is विधुर (vidhur), रंडवा (raṇḍvā). See Widower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is widower?
- Widower is a noun.
- How do you pronounce widower?
- Widower is pronounced /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of widower?
- The plural of widower is widowers.
Words near widower in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: widower (page history and authors); widower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); widower (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); widower (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); widower (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); વિધુર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); widower (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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