Daughter

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: dôʹtÉ™r, IPA: /ˈdɔːtÉ™(ɹ)/

• US enPR: dô'tÉ™r, IPA: /ˈdÉ”.tÉš/
• cot-caught enPR: dä'tÉ™r, IPA: /ˈdÉ‘.tÉš/

Alternative forms

• dafter obsolete
• douȝter obsolete

Origin

From Middle English doughter, from Old English dōhtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr (compare Scots dochter, West Frisian dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (compare Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ, Mudhili Gadaba duxtīr, Tocharian A ckācar, Tocharian B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė̃, Armenian դուստր, Persian دختر, Sanskrit दुहितृ).

Noun

1. One’s female child.I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
2. A female descendant.
3. A daughter language.
4. (physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.

Derived terms

Antonyms

• with regard to gender son
• with regard to ancestry mother, father, parent

Hypernyms

• child