Daughter

French Meaning

fille

English Meaning

  1. One's female child.
  2. A female descendant.
  3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.
  4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization” ( Edwin O. Reischauer).
  5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.
  6. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
  7. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
  8. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.