viudo

viudo

1. neuter of viudu

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbiw.ðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈviw.ðo]

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

1. alternative form of vidu

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

1. alternative form of vidu

• “viudo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjudo/ [ˈbju.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: viu‧do

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

1. widowed
2. dowager (in the feminine)

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)

• “viudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024