Phrase guide

Doctor of Philosophy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: doctor's degree, doctorate

Narrower terms: Ph.D., PhD, DPhil

History

Etymology

From Latin philosophiae + doctor.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُكْتُور فِي الْفَلْسَفَة (duktūr fī l-falsafa) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Arabic: دُكْتُورَة فِي الْفَلْسَفَة — one of the highest doctorates
  • Azerbaijani: fəlsəfə doktoru — one of the highest doctorates
  • Burmese: ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ (para.gubhwai.) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哲學博士 /哲学博士 (zhéxué bóshì) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Finnish: filosofian tohtori — one of the highest doctorates
  • French: docteur en philosophie — one of the highest doctorates
  • Georgian: ფილოსოფიის დოქტორი (pilosopiis dokṭori) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Greek: διδάκτωρ φιλοσοφίας (didáktor filosofías) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Italian: dottore di ricerca — one of the highest doctorates
  • Malay: Doktor Falsafah — one of the highest doctorates
  • Navajo: tseebíí nááhai ólta woozbą́ — one of the highest doctorates
  • Romanian: doctor în filozofie — one of the highest doctorates
  • Russian: до́ктор филосо́фских нау́к (dóktor filosófskix naúk) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Russian: кандида́т наук (kandidát nauk) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Spanish: doctor en filosofía — one of the highest doctorates
  • Swahili: shahada ya uzamifu — one of the highest doctorates
  • Tagalog: paham ng batnayan — one of the highest doctorates
  • Tamil: முனைவர் (muṉaivar) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Tamil: கலாநிதி (kalāniti) — one of the highest doctorates
  • Thai: ปริญญาเอก (bprin-yaa-èek) — one of the highest doctorates