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psychiatrist

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psychiater

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head-shrinker, shrink

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

Narrower terms: alienist, analyst, psychoanalyst, Horney, Karen Horney, Karen Danielsen Horney, Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers, Menninger, Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger, Sullivan, Harry Stack Sullivan

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English psychiatrist From psychiatry + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: psikiatër — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Arabic: طَبِيب نَفْسَانِيّ (ṭabīb nafsāniyy) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Armenian: հոգեբույժ (hogebuyž) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Asturian: siquiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Azerbaijani: psixiatr — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Belarusian: псіхія́тр (psixijátr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Belarusian: псыхія́тар (psyxijátar) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Bulgarian: психиа́тър (psihiátǎr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Catalan: psiquiatre — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神病醫生 /精神病医生 (jīngshénbìng yīshēng) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Cornish: medhek brys — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Cornish: medhoges brys — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Czech: psychiatr — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Danish: psykiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Dutch: psychiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Estonian: psühhiaater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Finnish: psykiatri — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • French: psychiatriste — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • French: psychiatre — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Galician: psiquiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Georgian: ფსიქიატრი (psikiaṭri) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • German: Psychiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • German: Psychiaterin — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Greek: ψυχίατρος (psychíatros) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Hebrew: פְּסִיכִיאָטֶר — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Hindi: मनश्चिकित्सक (manaścikitsak) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Hungarian: pszichiáter — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Icelandic: geðlæknir — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Ido: psikiatriisto — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Indonesian: psikiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Irish: síciatraí — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Italian: psichiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Japanese: 精神科医 (seishinkai) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Kazakh: психиатр (psixiatr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Korean: 정신과의 (jeongsin'gwaui) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Kyrgyz: психиатр (psihiatr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Lao: ຈິດຕະແພດ (chit ta phǣt) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Latin: psychiatrista — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Latin: psychiatristus — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Latvian: psihiatrs — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Latvian: psihiatre — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Lithuanian: psichiatras — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Macedonian: психија́тар (psihijátar) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Macedonian: психија́тарка (psihijátarka) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Māori: mātanga mate hinengaro — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Māori: rata mate hinengaro — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Navajo: ntsáhákees nideiłkaahígíí — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: psykiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: psykiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Persian: روانپزشک (ravân-pezešk) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Plautdietsch: Psiekiata — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Polish: psychiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Portuguese: psiquiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Romanian: psihiatru — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Romanian: psihiatră — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Russian: психиа́тр (psixiátr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Russian: алиени́ст (alijeníst) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Scottish Gaelic: lighiche-inntinn — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Serbo-Croatian: психѝја̄тар — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Serbo-Croatian: психѝја̄трица — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Serbo-Croatian: psihìjātar — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Serbo-Croatian: psihìjātrica — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Slovak: psychiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Slovak: psychiatrička — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Slovene: psihiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Slovene: psihiatrinja — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Spanish: psiquiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Spanish: siquiatra — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Swedish: psykiater — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Tajik: психиатр (psixiatr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Tajik: равонпизишк (ravonpizišk) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Thai: จิตแพทย์ (jìt-dtà-pɛ̂ɛt) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Turkish: psikiyatr — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Turkish: psikiyatrist — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Ukrainian: психіа́тр (psyxiátr) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Uzbek: psixiatr — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Vietnamese: nhà tâm thần học — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Volapük: lanivestigan — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Welsh: seiciatrydd — doctor specializing in psychiatry
  • Yiddish: פּסיכיאַטער (psikhyater) — doctor specializing in psychiatry
Real reading context

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