noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:pēdĭətrĭʹshən
Received-Pronunciation:/piːdɪəˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
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US:pē'diətrĭʹshən
US:/ˌpidi.əˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
CMU ARPABET:P IY2 D IY0 AH0 T R IH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a specialist in the care of babies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baby doctor, pediatrist, paediatrician
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
Narrower terms: Hirschsprung, Harold Hirschsprung, Spock, Benjamin Spock
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English pediatric Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English pediatrician From pediatric + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
pediater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Arabic:
طَبِيب أَطْفَال
(ṭabīb ʔaṭfāl)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ
(āsyā d-šaḇrē)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ
(āsītā d-šaḇrē)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Armenian:
մանկաբույժ
(mankabuyž)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Catalan:
pediatre
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Chinese Mandarin:
兒科醫師 /儿科医师
(érkē yīshī)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Chinese Mandarin:
兒科醫生 /儿科医生
(érkē yīshēng)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Czech:
pediatr
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Danish:
børnelæge
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Danish:
pædiater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Dutch:
kinderarts
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Dutch:
pediater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Faroese:
barnalækni
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Finnish:
lastenlääkäri
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Finnish:
pediatri
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
French:
pédiatre
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Galician:
pediatra
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
German:
Kinderarzt
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
German:
Kinderärztin
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Greek:
παιδίατρος
(paidíatros)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Greenlandic:
meeqqanut nakorsaq
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Gujarati:
બાળચિકિત્સક
(bāḷcikitsak)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Hungarian:
gyermekorvos
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Icelandic:
barnalæknir
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Indonesian:
dokter anak
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Irish:
péidiatraí
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Italian:
pediatra
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Japanese:
小児科医
(shōnika-i)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Korean:
소아과 의사
(soagwa uisa)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Maltese:
pedjatriku
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Maltese:
pedjatrika
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Māori:
mātanga aromātātahi
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Norwegian Bokmål:
barnelege
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Norwegian Bokmål:
pediater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Norwegian Nynorsk:
barnelege
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pediater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Persian:
دکتر کودکان
(doktor-e kudakân)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Persian:
پزشک کودکان
(pezešk-e kudakân)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Polish:
pediatra
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Portuguese:
pediatra
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Romanian:
pediatru
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Romanian:
pediatră
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Russian:
педиа́тр
(pediátr)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Russian:
де́тский врач
(détskij vrač)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Serbo-Croatian:
pedijatar
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Slovak:
pediater
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Spanish:
pediatra
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Swedish:
barnläkare
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Swedish:
pediatriker
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Thai:
กุมารแพทย์
(gù-maan-rá-pɛ̂ɛt)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Ukrainian:
педіа́тр
(pediátr)
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Vietnamese:
bác sĩ khoa nhi
— physician who specialises in pediatrics
Vietnamese:
bác sĩ nhi
— physician who specialises in pediatrics