daughter (redirected from daughterhood)

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

Noun

1. a female child

2. a girl or woman who comes from a certain place or is connected with a certain thing: a daughter of the church

Adjective

1. Biol denoting a cell, chromosome, etc. produced by the division of one of its own kind

2. Physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay [Old English dohtor]

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 1. female child, girl

2. descendant, girl >> adjective filial

Translations

daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] n → hija

daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] n → fille f

daughter [ˈdɔːtəʳ] n → Tochter f

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.dogterإبْنَه، بِنْتдъщеряdceradatterdie Tochterθυγατέραhijatütarفرزند دخترtytärfilleבָּתबेटी, पुत्रीkćerka, kćil(e)ány(a vkinek)anak perempuandóttirfiglia娘딸duktėmeitaanak perempuandochterdattercórkafilhafiicăдочьdcérahčikćerkadotterลูกสาวkız evlât女兒дочкаبیٹیcon gái女儿

n ˈdaughter-in-law

a son's wife. skoondogterكَنَّه، زَوْجَةُ الأبْنснахаsnachasvigerdatterdie Schwiegertochterνύφηnueraminiaعروس؛ زن پسرminiäbelle-filleכָּלָהपुत्र वधू, बहूsnaha, sinova ženameny(e vkinek)menantu perempuantengdadóttirnuora息子の妻며느리martivedeklamenantuschoondochtersvigerdattersynowanoranorăневестка; снохаnevestasnahasnajasvärdotterลูกสะใภ้gelin媳婦невісткаبہوcon dâu媳妇