🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)
noun
A female child in relation to her parents.
Femminile di figlio.
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).
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."
🇮🇹 "La donna sta aiutando sua figlia a preparare i panini."
"He hugs his daughter."
🇮🇹 "Abbraccia sua figlia."
Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English
The woman is helping her ___ to make sandwiches.
Practice Quiz
1. A daughter is a ___ child.
2. The 'gh' in 'daughter' is: