daughter
/ˈdɔ.tɚ/
noun
One’s female offspring.
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Noun 4 meanings
One’s female offspring.
“I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.”
A female descendant.
A daughter language.
A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
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DAUGHTER at a glance
DAUGHTER has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + U 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #863 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with daughter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
- MASTER8
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