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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from Latin viduus, through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus.
Pronunciation
Noun
veuf m (plural veufs, feminine veuve)
- widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried)
Adjective
veuf (feminine veuve, masculine plural veufs, feminine plural veuves)
- widowed
- odd (missing its pair)
- une chaussette veuve ― an odd sock
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