daughter

The word “daughter” means a person's female child. In plain terms, a female child, or by extension something that "descends" from something older.

“Daughter” is pronounced DAW-tuh (/ˈdɔ.tɚ/ in IPA).

Here is “daughter” used in a sentence: “Their daughter just started her first year of university.”

The opposite of “daughter” — its antonyms — are son, mother, father and parent.

“Daughter” is a noun.

The word “daughter” comes from Old English. From Old English dohtor, an ancient word going all the way back to Proto-Indo-European — related to similar words in German (Tochter), Dutch, and many other Indo-European languages.

“Daughter” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Daughter” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a person's female child.

A daughter is a person's female child, while a son is their male child. The two words are identical in every way except gender: both refer to someone's offspring regardless of age. Whether newborn or elderly, a female child remains her parents' daughter throughout life.

A daughter-in-law is the wife of your son. The term describes a relationship created by marriage rather than by birth, so she is not your own child but joins the family through her marriage. The reverse relationship, your daughter's husband, is your son-in-law.

No. A daughter is a female child of any age, defined by the parent-child relationship rather than by youth. A woman in her seventies is still the daughter of her parents. The word marks family lineage, not a stage of life, so it never expires with age.

The plural is 'daughters', formed simply by adding an -s. It is used whenever referring to two or more female children, as in 'they have three daughters'. There is no irregular form, so the word follows the standard English pattern for making nouns plural.