daughter

A1 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /ˈdɔ.tɚ/ UK /ˈdɔːtə/ See IPA manual

Freq #435

Meanings

1

noun
A person's female child.

Their daughter is starting school next year.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person's female child. girl

Opposites

father mother parent son

Word family

Forms daughters

Derived forms daughter-in-lawdaughter-out-lawdaughterboarddaughtercarddaughtereddaughterfuckerdaughterhooddaughteringdaughterkindaughterlessdaughterlikedaughterling

Related forms aunt brother cousin sister uncle

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Phrases (3)

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only daughter
a female child with no sisters

Adjective + noun
raise a daughter
bring up a female child

Verb + noun
eldest daughter
the firstborn female child in a family

Adjective + noun

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Etymology

From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

doghter Middle English dohtor Old English *dohter Proto-West Germanic *duhtēr Proto-Germanic *dʰugh₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European

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# daughter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɔ.tɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɔːtə/
**Frequency rank:** 435

## Meanings
1. A person's female child.

## Examples
- Their daughter is starting school next year.

## Antonyms
- father
- mother
- parent
- son

## Derived Forms
- daughter-in-law
- daughter-out-law
- daughterboard
- daughtercard
- daughtered
- daughterfucker
- daughterhood
- daughtering
- daughterkin
- daughterless
- daughterlike
- daughterling

## Related Forms
- aunt
- brother
- cousin
- sister
- uncle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: doghter
- Root: dohtor
- Root: *dohter
- Root: *duhtēr
- Root: *dʰugh₂tḗr

## Etymology
From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

## AI Etymology
daughter comes from Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. The historical chain includes Middle English doghter, Old English dohtor, Proto-West Germanic *dohter, Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. The current sense is A person's female child. English relatives and later formations include daughter-in-law, daughter-out-law, daughterboard, aunt, brother.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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