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veuf.

widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/vœf/
  1. widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, from Latin viduus, through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus.

adj/vœf/
  1. widowed

  2. odd (missing its pair)

    une chaussette veuve
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, from Latin viduus, through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus.

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