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A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.
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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
From Latin philosophiae + doctor.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
دُكْتُور فِي الْفَلْسَفَة
(duktūr fī l-falsafa)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Arabic:
دُكْتُورَة فِي الْفَلْسَفَة
— one of the highest doctorates
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Azerbaijani:
fəlsəfə doktoru
— one of the highest doctorates
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Burmese:
ပါရဂူဘွဲ့
(para.gubhwai.)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Chinese Mandarin:
哲學博士 /哲学博士
(zhéxué bóshì)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Finnish:
filosofian tohtori
— one of the highest doctorates
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French:
docteur en philosophie
— one of the highest doctorates
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Georgian:
ფილოსოფიის დოქტორი
(pilosopiis dokṭori)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Greek:
διδάκτωρ φιλοσοφίας
(didáktor filosofías)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Italian:
dottore di ricerca
— one of the highest doctorates
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Malay:
Doktor Falsafah
— one of the highest doctorates
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Navajo:
tseebíí nááhai ólta woozbą́
— one of the highest doctorates
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Romanian:
doctor în filozofie
— one of the highest doctorates
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Russian:
до́ктор филосо́фских нау́к
(dóktor filosófskix naúk)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Russian:
кандида́т наук
(kandidát nauk)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Spanish:
doctor en filosofía
— one of the highest doctorates
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Swahili:
shahada ya uzamifu
— one of the highest doctorates
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Tagalog:
paham ng batnayan
— one of the highest doctorates
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Tamil:
முனைவர்
(muṉaivar)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Tamil:
கலாநிதி
(kalāniti)
— one of the highest doctorates
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Thai:
ปริญญาเอก
(bprin-yaa-èek)
— one of the highest doctorates