daughter

daugh·ter  (dôtr)

n.

1. One's female child.

2. A female descendant.

3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.

4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).

5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.

adj.

1. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.

2. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.

3. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.

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[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor; see dhugter- in Indo-European roots.]

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daughter·ly adj.

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daughter [ˈdɔːtə]

n

1. a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents

2. a female descendant

3. a female from a certain country, etc., or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc. a daughter of the church Related adjective filial

4. (often capital) Archaic a form of address for a girl or woman

modifier

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind

2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay

[Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thugatēr, Sanskrit duhitá]

daughterhood  n

daughterless  adj

daughter-like  adj

daughterliness  n

daughterly  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

daughter - a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" girl female offspring - a child who is female mother's daughter - a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother son, boy - a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"

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daughter

noun female child, girl, descendant, lass (informal) a woman with four daughters to marry off

Related words
adjective filial

Quotations
"As is the mother, so is her daughter" Bible: Ezekiel
"A daughter is an embarrassing and ticklish possession" [Menander Perinthis]

Translations

daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] N → hija f DAR

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daughter [ˈdɔːtə^r] n → fille f
daughter-in-law [ˈdɔːtərɪnlɔː] n → belle-fille f, bru f

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daughter

n (lit, fig) → Tochter f

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daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] n → figlia

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daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] n → figlia

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daughter

n daughter [ˈdoːtə]

a female child (when spoken of in relation to her parents) That is Mary's daughter; She has two daughters. dogter إبْنَه، بِنْت дъщеря dcera datter die Tochter θυγατέρα hija tütar فرزند دختر tytär fille בָּת बेटी, पुत्री kćerka, kći l(e)ány(a vkinek) anak perempuan dóttir figlia 娘 딸 duktė meita anak perempuan dochter datter córka filha fiică дочь dcéra hči kćerka dotter ลูกสาว kız evlât 女兒 дочка بیٹی con gái 女儿

n daughter-in-law

a son's wife. skoondogter كَنَّه، زَوْجَةُ الأبْن снаха snacha svigerdatter die Schwiegertochter νύφη nuera minia عروس؛ زن پسر miniä belle-fille כָּלָה पुत्र वधू, बहू snaha, sinova žena meny(e vkinek) menantu perempuan tengdadóttir nuora 息子の妻 며느리 marti vedekla menantu schoondochter svigerdatter synowa nora noră невестка; сноха nevesta snaha snaja svärdotter ลูกสะใภ้ gelin 媳婦 невістка بہو con dâu 媳妇

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daughter → ابنة dcera datter Tochter κόρη hija tytär fille kćerka figlia 娘 딸 dochter datter córka filha дочь dotter ลูกสาว kız evlat con gái 女儿