🇬🇧 English from 🇿🇦 Afrikaans Alle Woorde
daughter
/ˈdɔː.tər/
A1 noun Family
🇿🇦 Afrikaans: dogter
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
noun

A female child in relation to her parents.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Countable noun. Plural: daughters. Note the silent 'gh' — daughter is pronounced /ˈdɔː.tər/, not 'dag-ter'. Common collocations: eldest daughter, youngest daughter, daughter-in-law (your son's wife).

Cultural Notes

The phrase 'like mother, like daughter' means that a daughter is very similar to her mother in behaviour or appearance. 'Daughter tongue' is sometimes used poetically to describe a language that developed from an older one.

Example Sentences

The woman is helping her daughter to make sandwiches.

"The woman is helping her daughter to make sandwiches."

🇿🇦 "Die vrou help haar dogter om toebroodjies te maak."

He hugs his daughter.

"He hugs his daughter."

🇿🇦 "He hugs his daughter."

Practice Quiz

1. A daughter is a ___ child.
2. The 'gh' in 'daughter' is:

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