doctor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈdɑktɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdɔktə/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdɒktə/
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• Canada: /ˈdɒktəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɒktə(ɹ)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktə/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D AO1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).

A backronym from the word doctor.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Arabic: دُكْتُور m or دُكْتُورَة (duktūr) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Arabic: طَبِيب m or طَبِيبَة (ṭabīb) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Arabic: دكتور (duktūr) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Arabic: دكتور (doktōr) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Arabic: دكتورة (doktōra) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪ (dōḵtōr) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪܬܵܐ (dōḵtōrtā) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Armenian: դոկտոր (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Asturian: doutor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Azerbaijani: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Bashkir: табип (tabip) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Belarusian: до́ктар (dóktar) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Bulgarian: до́ктор (dóktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Bulgarian: до́кторка (dóktorka) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Chinese Cantonese: 博士 (bok3 si6) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Chinese Mandarin: 博士 (bóshì) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Czech: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Danish: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Dutch: doctor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Esperanto: doktoro — person who has attained a doctorate
• Esperanto: virdoktoro doktorino — person who has attained a doctorate
• Finnish: tohtori — person who has attained a doctorate
• French: docteur — person who has attained a doctorate
• French: docteure — person who has attained a doctorate
• French: docteuse — person who has attained a doctorate
• French: doctoresse — person who has attained a doctorate
• Galician: doutor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Georgian: დოქტორი (dokṭori) — person who has attained a doctorate
• German: Doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• German: Doktorin — person who has attained a doctorate
• Greek: διδάκτορας (didáktoras) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Hebrew: דוֹקטוֹר (dóktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Hindi: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Hungarian: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Icelandic: læknir — person who has attained a doctorate
• Icelandic: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Ido: doktoro — person who has attained a doctorate
• Ido: doktorulo — person who has attained a doctorate
• Ido: doktorino — person who has attained a doctorate
• Indonesian: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Irish: dochtúir — person who has attained a doctorate
• Italian: dottore — person who has attained a doctorate
• Italian: dottoressa — person who has attained a doctorate
• Japanese: 博士 — person who has attained a doctorate
• Kashmiri: طبِیٖب — person who has attained a doctorate
• Kashmiri: ڈَاکٹر — person who has attained a doctorate
• Kazakh: доктор (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Kazakh: доқтыр (doqtyr) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Khmer: បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Korean: 박사 (baksa) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Central Kurdish: دکتۆر (diktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Kyrgyz: доктор (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Latvian: doktors — person who has attained a doctorate
• Latvian: doktore — person who has attained a doctorate
• Lithuanian: daktaras — person who has attained a doctorate
• Lithuanian: daktarė — person who has attained a doctorate
• Lombard: dutur — person who has attained a doctorate
• Luo: dokta — person who has attained a doctorate
• Macedonian: доктор (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Macedonian: докторка (doktorka) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Malay: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Malay: dokter (Indonesia incl. Riau) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Maltese: dottor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Maltese: dottoressa — person who has attained a doctorate
• Manx: olloo — person who has attained a doctorate
• Marathi: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Nengone: dokita — person who has attained a doctorate
• Niuean: ekekafo — person who has attained a doctorate
• Norman: docteu — person who has attained a doctorate
• Persian: دکتر (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Polish: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Portuguese: doutor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Portuguese: doutora — person who has attained a doctorate
• Portuguese: doutorado — person who has attained a doctorate
• Portuguese: doutorada — person who has attained a doctorate
• Romanian: doctor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Russian: до́ктор (dóktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Russian: до́кторша (dóktorša) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Skolt-Sami: dåhttar — person who has attained a doctorate
• Savosavo: dokta — person who has attained a doctorate
• Scottish Gaelic: ollamh — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏ктор — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏кторица — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏кто̄рка — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍktorica — person who has attained a doctorate
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍktōrka — person who has attained a doctorate
• Sicilian: dutturi — person who has attained a doctorate
• Sicilian: dutturissa — person who has attained a doctorate
• Slovak: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Slovene: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Slovene: doktorica — person who has attained a doctorate
• Southern Altai: доктор (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Spanish: doctor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Spanish: doctora — person who has attained a doctorate
• Swahili: daktari — person who has attained a doctorate
• Swahili: dokta — person who has attained a doctorate
• Swedish: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Tagalog: paham — person who has attained a doctorate
• Tagalog: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Tajik: доктор (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Tamil: டாக்டர் (ṭākṭar) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Telugu: డాక్టర్ (ḍākṭar) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Telugu: డాక్టరు (ḍākṭaru) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Thai: ดอกเตอร์ (dɔ́k-dtə̂ə) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Thai: ดุษฎีบัณฑิต (dùt-sà-dii-ban-dìt) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Turkish: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Turkmen: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Ukrainian: до́ктор (dóktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Unami: ntaktël — person who has attained a doctorate
• Uyghur: دوكتور (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Uzbek: doktor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Venetan: dotor — person who has attained a doctorate
• Vietnamese: tiến sĩ — person who has attained a doctorate
• Volapük: dokan — person who has attained a doctorate
• Volapük: hidokan — person who has attained a doctorate
• Volapük: jidokan — person who has attained a doctorate
• Volapük: dokel — person who has attained a doctorate
• Walloon: docteur — person who has attained a doctorate
• Yiddish: דאָקטאָר (doktor) — person who has attained a doctorate
• Chinese Cantonese: 醫生 /医生 — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Chinese Cantonese: 博士 (bok3 si6) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Hakka Chinese: 先生 (sîn-sâng) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Chinese: 先生 (zh-min-nan) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Chinese Mandarin: 醫生 /医生 (yīshēng) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Chinese Mandarin: 博士 (bóshì) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Esperanto: Doktoro — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Finnish: tohtori — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Finnish: tri — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• French: le docteur — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• French: la docteure — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• German: Doktor — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• German: Doktorin — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• German: Dr. — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Japanese: 博士 — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Korean: 박사 (baksa) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Marathi: डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Portuguese: doutor — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Romanian: Doctor — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Russian: до́ктор (dóktor) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Russian: д-р (d-r) — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Vietnamese: tiến sĩ — title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name
• Bulgarian: леку́вам (lekúvam) — act as a medical doctor to
• Cherokee: ᎧᏅᏫᎠ (kanvwia) — act as a medical doctor to
• Danish: doktorere — act as a medical doctor to
• German: verarzten — act as a medical doctor to
• Greek: θεραπεύω (therapévo) — act as a medical doctor to
• Greek: γιατρεύω (giatrévo) — act as a medical doctor to
• Ancient Greek: ἰατρεύω (iatreúō) — act as a medical doctor to
• Italian: curare — act as a medical doctor to
• Italian: medicare — act as a medical doctor to
• Khmer: មើល (məəl) — act as a medical doctor to
• Romanian: îngriji — act as a medical doctor to
• Romanian: doctori — act as a medical doctor to
• Romanian: trata — act as a medical doctor to
• Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ) — act as a medical doctor to
• Russian: врачева́ть (vračevátʹ) — act as a medical doctor to
• Swahili: daktari — act as a medical doctor to
• German: doktorieren — award the title of doctor to
• Italian: addottorare — award the title of doctor to
• Spanish: doctorar — award the title of doctor to
• Chinese Mandarin: 篡改 (cuàngǎi) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Czech: falzifikovat — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Danish: forfalske — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Dutch: dokteren — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Dutch: valsificeren — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Finnish: tohtoroida — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• French: falsifier — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Greek: αλλοιώνω (alloióno) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Greek: νοθεύω (nothévo) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Icelandic: afbaka — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Italian: adulterare — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Italian: falsificare — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Japanese: 改竄 (kaizan) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Polish: fabrykować — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Polish: fałszować — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Polish: falsyfikować — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Portuguese: adulterar — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Romagnol: adulterêr — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Romanian: falsifica — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Russian: фальсифици́ровать (falʹsificírovatʹ) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Russian: сфальсифици́ровать (sfalʹsificírovatʹ) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Russian: подде́лывать (poddélyvatʹ) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Russian: подде́лать (poddélatʹ) — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Spanish: adulterar — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Swedish: fiffla med — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive
• Swedish: manipulera — alter or make obscure, in order to deceive