daughter
gb/dˈɔtɚ/ us/dˈɔtɚ/
A1
Kiingereza
~ 900
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A1
relation
1
female child of parents
A girl or woman who is someone's child.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[someone]'s daughter
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'daughter' with 'girl'. 'Daughter' always means the female child of specific parents, not just any young female person.
Visawe
girl (Refers broadly to a female child, not specifically the child of certain parents.)
|
offspring (More formal and can refer to children of any gender.)
Vinyume
son (Refers to a male child in relation to his parents.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
eldest daughter
|only daughter
|loving daughter
|daughter and son
|raise a daughter
Mada
family
|daily life
|relationships
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- My daughter just turned ten today.
- They have two sons and one daughter.
- Her daughter is studying abroad this year.
- He introduced me to his daughter at the party.
- The proud mother hugged her daughter tightly.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I have one daughter and one son.
- Her daughter is five years old.
- This is my daughter, Anna.
- His daughter likes to read books.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
daughter
IPA
GB/dˈɔtɚ/
US/dˈɔtɚ/
Silabi na mkazo
daugh - ter (silabi 2)
Stress on 1st syllable (daugh)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: daughter
- Plural: daughters
Familia ya neno
Forms
daughters
noun
Core family
granddaughter
noun A1
Related words
stepdaughter
noun
goddaughter
noun
Negative and opposite forms
son
noun A1
Advanced or less common
daughterly
adjective
Semi
mother and daughter
1/mˈʌðɚ ˈænd dˈɔtɚ/
fixed phrase
female parent and female child
A mother and her female child seen together or in relation to each other.
Mifano
- The shop is run by a mother and daughter team.
- They went on a mother and daughter holiday to Italy.
like mother, like daughter
1/lˈaɪk mˈʌðɚ | lˈaɪk dˈɔtɚ/
idiom
daughters are similar to mothers
Daughters are often like their mothers in looks or ways of acting.
Mifano
- She loves gardening just like her mom—like mother, like daughter.
- She loves baking just like her mom—like mother, like daughter.
- They both have the same laugh—like mother, like daughter.
- They both have the same laugh; like mother, like daughter.