viudo

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Asturian

Adjective

viudo

  1. neuter of viudu

Catalan

Etymology

Masculine formed on the basis of the feminine viuda. Cf. Latin viduus, and the Catalan vidu.

Pronunciation

Adjective

viudo (feminine viuda, masculine plural viudos, feminine plural viudes)

  1. Alternative form of vidu

Noun

viudo m (plural viudos, feminine viuda)

  1. Alternative form of vidu

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin viduus (“widowed”), probably modeled on the feminine form viuda, which predated it. It may have been altered from an Old Spanish form vidu (itself a learned borrowing from Latin) due to influence from the feminine; a naturally inherited form would be viso, which was attested once in isolation.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjudo/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: viu‧do

Adjective

viudo (feminine viuda, masculine plural viudos, feminine plural viudas)

  1. widowed
  2. dowager (in the feminine)

Noun

viudo m (plural viudos, feminine viuda, feminine plural viudas)

  1. widower, widow
  2. (botany) Sixalix atropurpurea, syn. Scabiosa atropurpurea (mourning bride, mourning widow, sweet scabious)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “viudo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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