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widowhood

/ˈwɪd.əʊ.hʊd/US/ˈwɪd.oʊ.hʊd/

widowhood noun: the state or period of being a widow or widower.

Noun

widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)

  1. The state or period of being a widow or widower.

widowhood meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Kannada

widowhood in Tamil

கைம்மை

widowhood in Marathi

The period of being a widow
वैधव्य vaidhavya

widowhood in Telugu

The period of being a widow
వైధవ్యము vaidhavyamu

widowhood in Kannada

The period of being a widow
ವೈಧವ್ಯ vaidhavya

Forms of widowhood

pluralwidowhoods

Origin of widowhood

From Middle English widwehede, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood.

Words formed from widowhood

Questions about widowhood

What does widowhood mean?
Widowhood means the state or period of being a widow or widower.
What is widowhood in Tamil?
Widowhood in Tamil is கைம்மை. See Widowhood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is widowhood?
Widowhood is a noun.
How do you pronounce widowhood?
Widowhood is pronounced /ˈwɪd.əʊ.hʊd/.
What is the plural of widowhood?
The plural of widowhood is widowhoods.

Words near widowhood in the dictionary

  1. widowery
  2. widowess
  3. widowfinch
  4. widowfinches
  5. widowhead
  6. widowhood
  7. widowhoods
  8. widowing
  9. widowish
  10. widowity
  11. widowlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: widowhood (page history and authors); widowhood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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