viudo

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

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.do/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbiw.du/

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

1. Alternative form of vidu

viudo m (plural viudos, feminine viuda)

1. Alternative form of vidu

• “viudo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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].

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

1. widowed

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).

• enviudar
• viudez

• “viudo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.