What does daughter mean?
Definitions for daughter
ˈdɔ tərdaugh·ter
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word daughter.
Princeton's WordNet
daughter, girl(noun)
a female human offspring
"her daughter cared for her in her old age"
Wiktionary
daughter(Noun)
One's female child.
Etymology: From doughter, from dohtor, from duhtēr (cf. Scots/West Frisian/Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from dʰugh₂tḗr (cf. Gaulish , Tocharian A ckācar, B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė).
daughter(Noun)
A female descendant.
Etymology: From doughter, from dohtor, from duhtēr (cf. Scots/West Frisian/Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from dʰugh₂tḗr (cf. Gaulish , Tocharian A ckācar, B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė).
daughter(Noun)
daughter language
Etymology: From doughter, from dohtor, from duhtēr (cf. Scots/West Frisian/Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from dʰugh₂tḗr (cf. Gaulish , Tocharian A ckācar, B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė).
Webster Dictionary
Daughter(noun)
the female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals
Etymology: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. dahtar,, OSlav. dshti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 68, 245.]
Daughter(noun)
a female descendant; a woman
Etymology: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. dahtar,, OSlav. dshti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 68, 245.]
Daughter(noun)
a son's wife; a daughter-in-law
Etymology: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. dahtar,, OSlav. dshti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 68, 245.]
Daughter(noun)
a term of address indicating parental interest
Etymology: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. dahtar,, OSlav. dshti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 68, 245.]
Freebase
Daughter
A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being a daughter. The masculine counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements. In patriarchal societies, daughters often have different or lesser familial rights than sons. A family may prefer to have sons rather than daughters, with the daughters subjected to female infanticide. In some societies it is the custom for a daughter to be 'sold' to her husband, who must pay a bride price. The reverse of this custom, where the parents pay the husband a sum of money to compensate for the financial burden of the woman, is found in societies where women do not labour outside the home, and is referred to as dowry. In the United States, the birth rate is 105 sons to 100 daughters which has been the natural birth rate since the 18th century. About 80 percent of prospective adoptive parents from the US will choose a girl over a boy.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Daughter
daw′tėr, n. a female child: a female descendant: woman (generally).—ns. Daugh′ter-in-law, a son's wife; Daugh′terliness; Daugh′terling, a little daughter.—adj. Daugh′terly, like or becoming a daughter. [A.S. dohtor; Scot. dochter, Ger. tochter, Gr. thygatēr.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'daughter' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1079
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'daughter' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1311
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'daughter' in Nouns Frequency: #384
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of daughter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of daughter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of daughter in a Sentence
I call upon all international leaders to help me to bring my daughter back home.
My kids are very happy to help me do this.Two of them are going to school online and my oldest daughter is working remotely at an internship. I think we all view this as a moment of connection with students who may feel alone, or sad because they arent with their family. Its an acknowledgment that were all in this together.
Fathers are now saying, 'My daughter could do better than my son,'.
Its hard to say which is more revealing of the fatal rot at the core of American politics, the fact that Trump and his daughter sent checks to Harriss campaigns or that Harris greedily cashed them.
There is not any way that parents can be sure whether the teethers that they buy have parabens or not, for my daughter, I used shaved ice or frozen fruits to alleviate teething pain.
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- ابنةArabic
- dceraCzech
- datterDanish
- TochterGerman
- κόρηGreek
- filinoEsperanto
- hijaSpanish
- فرزند دخترPersian
- tytärFinnish
- filleFrench
- iníonIrish
- बेटीHindi
- lányaHungarian
- դուստրըArmenian
- putriIndonesian
- figliaItalian
- בַּתHebrew
- 娘Japanese
- ಮಗಳುKannada
- 딸Korean
- filiaLatin
- dochterDutch
- datterNorwegian
- córkaPolish
- filhaPortuguese
- fiicăRomanian
- дочьRussian
- dotterSwedish
- மகள்Tamil
- కుమార్తెTelugu
- ลูกสาวThai
- kız evlatTurkish
- дочкаUkrainian
- بیٹیUrdu
- con gáiVietnamese
- טאָכטערYiddish
- 女兒Chinese
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