daughter
//ˈdɔːtə//
Forms
- Plural
- daughters
Definitions
1.One’s female offspring.
- I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
- They discovered Weller had two daughters and a daughter-in-law in the same cemetery.
- Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
2.A female descendant.
- Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me?
3.A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
- Tom took his daughter to school.
- I'm married and I have a daughter.
4.A daughter language.
- Tom took his daughter to school.
- I'm married and I have a daughter.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #677
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English doghter, doughter
From Old English dohtor (“daughter”)
From Proto-West Germanic *dohter
From Proto-Germanic *duhtēr
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.