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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Hypernyms 1.4 See also

[ English

Rank of this word in thee English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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[ Etymology

From Old English dohtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. Cognates include (from Germanic) Scots dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter; (from PIE) Russian дочь (doč), Persian دختر (doχtar), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ, Lithuanian duktė.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: dô'tər
• IPA: /ˈdɔːtə(r)/
• SAMPA: /"dO:t@(r)/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɔːtə(r)

[ Noun

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daughter (plural daughters)

1. One’s female child.

   I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.

   The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son, not a daughter".

2. A female descendant.

[ Translations

female child

Afrikaans: dogter Albanian: bijë f. Arabic: ابنة (íbna) f. Aragonese: filla f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܒܪܬܐ (bartā’) f. Hebrew: ברתא (bartā’) f. Bosnian: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f. Breton: merc'h f., merc'hed pl. Bulgarian: дъщеря (dəšterja) f. Catalan: filla f. ^ Chinese: 女儿 (nǚér) Croatian: kćer f., kćerka f., kći f. Czech: dcera Danish: datter Dutch: dochter f. Esperanto: filino Estonian: tütar Ewe: vinyɔnu Finnish: tytär French: fille f. Galician: filla German: Tochter f. Gooniyandi: ngaliganyi Greek: θυγατέρα (thygatéra) f. Guaraní: ajýra (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman) Hebrew: בַּת (bat) f. Hindi: बेटी (betī) Hungarian: lány Icelandic: dóttir Indonesian: putri, anak perempuan Interlingua: filia Irish: iníon f2

Italian: figlia f. Japanese: 娘 (むすめ) (musumé) Korean: 딸 (tal) Latin: filia f. Lithuanian: duktė m., dukra f. Macedonian: ќерка (kjerka) Marathi: मलगी (malagī) Norwegian: datter Novial: filia Old English: dohtor, ċild Persian: دختر (dokhtar) Polish: córka f. Portuguese: filha f. Romanian: fiică f. Russian: дочь (doč’) f. Scots: dochter Scottish Gaelic: nighean f., (affectionate) nighneag/nìonag f. Serbian: Cyrillic: ћерка f., кћерка f., кћи f. Roman: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f. Sanskrit: दुहित्ड़् (duhitṛ) f. Slovak: dcéra Slovene: hči f. Spanish: hija f. Swahili: binti (nc 5/6) Swedish: dotter c. Telugu: కూతురు (koothuru), కుమార్తె (kumaarthe), పుత్రిక (puthrika), అమ్మాయి (ammayi) (literally, girl) Thai: ลูกสาว (lôok săao) Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman) Turkish: kız evlat Urdu: لڑکی (la.rkī) (lit. girl), بیٹی (bet'ī), پتری (putrī), کڑی (ku.rī), دختر (dukhtar) Welsh: merch f.

[ Antonyms

• (with regards to gender) son
• (with regards to ancestry) mother, father, parent

[ Related terms

• daughterling
• daughter-in-law
• granddaughter
• great-granddaughter
• stepdaughter

[ Hypernyms

• child

[ See also

• aunt, uncle
• brother, sister
• cousin