daughter

/'dɔ:tə/

Thân thiện

A young daughter helps her mother plant flowers in the garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A female child in relation to her parent(s): A "daughter" is a female human offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her mother and father.
   • A female descendant or product: In a broader or figurative sense, "daughter" can refer to something considered as a female descendant or creation of something else.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • They have one son and one daughter.
  • She is the eldest daughter of a prominent family.
  • The company is a daughter of a larger multinational corporation. (Figurative usage)

Advanced Usage

• "Daughter cell" (Biology): A cell formed by the division of a parent cell.
  • After mitosis, the single cell divides into two identical daughter cells.
• "Daughter language" (Linguistics): A language that has developed from a particular earlier language (a parent language).
  • French, Spanish, and Italian are daughter languages of Latin.

Variants and Related Words

• Daughterly (adjective): Characteristic of or befitting a daughter.
  • She showed daughterly affection and concern.
• Daughter-in-law (noun): The wife of one's son.
  • She has a very good relationship with her daughter-in-law.

Synonyms

• Girl child: A female child.
• Female offspring: Offspring of the female sex.
• Progeny (formal): A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

Idioms and Phrases

• Like mother, like daughter: Used to say that a daughter's character or behavior resembles that of her mother.
  • She's also become a doctor—like mother, like daughter.
• A daughter of the soil: A woman who is closely connected to her native land, especially through working on it.
  • The poet was a true daughter of the soil, writing about rural life.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a female human offspring
   • her daughter cared for her in her old age

Từ đồng nghĩa

• girl