| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | we·we·naar |
| Catalan | vidu; viudo |
|---|---|
| Czech | vdovec |
| Danish | enkemand |
| Dutch | weduwnaar |
| English | widower |
| Esperanto | vidvo |
| Faeroese | einkjumaður |
| Finnish | leski |
| French | veuf |
| German | Witwer |
| Greek | χήρος |
| Hawaiian | kāne wahine make |
| Icelandic | ekkill |
| Norwegian | enkemann |
| Papiamento | biudo |
| Portuguese | viúvo |
| Russian | вдовец |
| Saterland Frisian | Wiedekäärel |
| Spanish | viudo |
| Swedish | änkeman; änkling |
| Thai | พ่อม่าย; ม่าย |
| Welsh | gŵr gweddw; gwidman; gwidwer |
| West Frisian | widner |