veuf

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vœf/
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  • Rhymes: -œf

Noun

veuf m (plural veufs, feminine veuve)

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

Adjective

veuf (feminine veuve, masculine plural veufs, feminine plural veuves)

  1. widowed
  2. odd (missing its pair)
    une chaussette veuvean odd sock

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