a widower is translated 'un veuf' in French. This is a masculine noun.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, for example:The noun for a male whose spouse had died is widower.The noun for a female whose spouse had died is widow.
Masculine
The noun widower is a gender specific noun for a male.
The noun 'widow' is a gender specific noun for a femalewhose husband is deceased.The corresponding gender specific noun for a male is widower.
The noun 'widower' is a word for a male.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, for example:The noun for a male whose spouse had died is widower.The noun for a female whose spouse had died is widow.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. The noun widow is a word for a female; the noun widower is a word for a male.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun widow is a word for a female; the noun widoweris a word for a male.
The word widower is the male counterpart of widow. The pronoun that takes the place of the singular noun 'widower' is he.
The noun 'widow' is a word for a female whose husband has died.The noun 'widower' is a word for a male whose wife has died.
Traditionally, a widower is a male. However, same sex marriage does exist, so it is possible for a female to be a widower.