daughter

/ˈdɔːtər/

noundaugh · ter

Think: "A DAUGHter is a DAUGHT-er"—she’s your child, and the word keeps the tricky "augh" together.

Yes, it's daughter. Remember the silent **gh**: **dau + gh + ter** (it sounds like “daw-ter,” but you still write **gh**).

Definitions

  1. nouna female child in relation to her parents
  2. nouna female descendant (used in family relationships)

Examples

  • “Their daughter starts third grade this fall.”
  • “She is the youngest daughter in the family.”
  • “The queen had one daughter and two sons.”

Synonyms

girlfemale childoffspringdescendantchild

Translations

ES hijaPT filhaFR fille

Common misspellings

dauterdoterdaugterdaugherdautherdaughtrdautghterdaugther

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