English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Daughter Pronunciation
Daughter is pronounced DAW-ter, IPA /ˈdɔtɝ/.
DAW-ter
US /ˈdɔtɝ/ · UK /ˈdɔːtə/
Syllables: DAW · ter (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person's female child.
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Daughter in a Sentence
- Their daughter is studying engineering in Leeds.
- He walked his daughter to the gate every morning.
- My daughter and her partner are coming for the weekend.
Common Mispronunciations of Daughter
Not DAW-guh-ter
The gh is silent and leaves no trace at all. Daughter, taught, and bought all bury it the same way.
Not DOW-ter
Round the vowel towards the aw of law rather than the ow of now. The au spelling is doing that work.
Tip: Daughter and laughter look like a rhyming pair and are not. Laughter takes an f sound, daughter takes none.
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