daughter n : a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: girl] [ant: son, son]

English

Etymology

From etyl ang dohtor, from , from . Cognates include (from Germanic) Scots dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter; (from PIE) Russian дочь, Persian دختر, Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ, Lithuanian duktė.

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔːtə(r)/
• /"dO:t@(r)/

• Rhymes: -ɔːtə(r)

Noun

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

Antonyms

• italbrac with regards to gender son
• italbrac 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

A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. The male equivalent is a son. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.

Animals

A daughter is the female offspring of the animal.

Plants

A daughter plant is an offspring grown sex out of a part of the plant, for example out of a leaf.

Genderless species

The term daughter is also sometimes used to refer to offspring in the case of genderless species or cell division, where the parent is referred to as mother. It can also refer to something personified in relation to its source, as in Truth is the daughter of Time, or to the terms mother ship and daughter ship.

General relationship

The term can also refer to the subordinate in any relationship where the superior entity is referred to as mother, for example, a daughter ship. It may depend on time relations or on structure relations.

aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, child, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, descendant, father, first cousin, foster brother, foster child, frater, grandchild, granddaughter, grandnephew, grandniece, grandson, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, heiress, kid brother, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, offspring, scion, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, son and heir, sonny, stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepsister, stepson, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother