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Definition for: daughter

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English

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Etymology

Old English dohtor , from Germanic * doxtēr , from Indo-European * dʰugh₂ter- . Cognates include ( from Germanic ) Scots dochter , Dutch dochter , German Tochter , Swedish dotter ; ( from IE ) Russian дочь (doč), Persian دختر (doχtar), Mycenaean Greek θυγατήρ ( thugater ), Lithuanian duktẽ .

Pronunciation

  • AHD: dô'tər
  • IPA: /ˈdɔːtə(r)/
  • SAMPA: /"dO:t@(r)/
    • Rhymes: -ɔːtə(r)

Noun

Singular
daughter

Plural
daughters

daughter ( plural daughters )

  1. One’s female child.
    I don’t want a daughter .

Translations

female child

  • Afrikaans: dogter
  • Albanian: bijë f
  • Arabic: ابنة (ibna)
  • Aragonese: filla f .
  • Bosnian: ćerka f . , kćerka f . , kći f .
  • Breton: merc'h f . , merc'hed pl .
  • Bulgarian: дъщеря (dəšterja) f .
  • Catalan: filla f . ^
  • Chinese: 女兒, 女儿 (nǚér)
  • Croatian: kćer f . , kćerka f . , kći f .
  • Czech: dcera
  • Danish: datter
  • Dutch: dochter f .
  • Estonian: tütar
  • Finnish: tytär
  • French: fille f .
  • Esperanto: filino
  • German: Tochter f .
  • Greek: κόρη (kóri) f .
  • Gooniyandi: ngaliganyi
  • Guaraní: ajýra (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man) ; memby (of a woman)
  • Hebrew: בַּת (bit) f .
  • Hindi: लड़की (la.rki) (lit. girl ), बेटी (bet’ī), पुत्री (putrī)
  • 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 .
  • Serbian:
Cyrillic: ћерка f . , кћерка f . , кћи f .
Roman: ćerka f . , kćerka f . , kći f .
  • Slovak: dcéra
  • Slovene: hči f .
  • Spanish: hija f .
  • Swedish: dotter c .
  • Telugu: కూతురు (koothuru), కుమార్తె (kumaarthe), పుత్రిక (puthrika), అమ్మాయి (ammayi) (literally, girl)
  • Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man) ; membyra (of a woman)
  • Turkish: kız evlat

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