noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/
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CMU ARPABET:S AY0 K AY1 AH0 T R IY0
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noun
Meaning 1
The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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 Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
psikiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Amharic:
የአእምሮ ሕክምና
(yäʾäʾməro ḥəkməna)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Arabic:
الطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ
(aṭ-ṭibb an-nafsiyy)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Armenian:
հոգեբուժություն
(hogebužutʻyun)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Azerbaijani:
psixiatriya
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Bashkir:
психиатрия
(psixiatriya)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Belarusian:
псіхіятры́я
(psixijatrýja)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Belarusian:
псыхія́трыя
(psyxijátryja)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Bulgarian:
психиа́трия
(psihiátrija)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Burmese:
စိတ်ရောဂါပညာ
(citrau:gapa.nya)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Catalan:
psiquiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Cantonese:
精神病學 /精神病学
(zing1 san4 beng6 hok6)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Cantonese:
精神醫學 /精神医学
(zing1 san4 ji1 hok6)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese:
精神醫學 /精神医学
(cheng-sîn-i-ha̍k)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Mandarin:
精神病學 /精神病学
(jīngshénbìngxué)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Chinese Mandarin:
精神醫學 /精神医学
(jīngshén yīxué)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
West Circassian:
психиатрие
(psixiatrije)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Czech:
psychiatrie
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Danish:
psykiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Dutch:
psychiatrie
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Esperanto:
psikiatrio
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Estonian:
psühhiaatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Finnish:
psykiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
French:
psychiatrie
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Galician:
psiquiatría
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Georgian:
ფსიქიატრია
(psikiaṭria)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
German:
Psychiatrie
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
German:
Seelenheilkunde
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Greek:
ψυχιατρική
(psychiatrikí)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hebrew:
פְּסִיכִיאַטְרְיָה
(psikhi'atr'yá)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hindi:
मनश्चिकित्सा
(manaścikitsā)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Hungarian:
pszichiátria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Ido:
psikiatrio
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Irish:
síciatracht
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Italian:
psichiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Japanese:
精神医学
(seishin igaku)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Kannada:
ಮನೋವೈದ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
(manōvaidyaśāstra)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Kazakh:
психиатрия
(psixiatriä)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Korean:
정신의학
(jeongsinuihak)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Central Kurdish:
دەروونپزیشکی
(derûnipzîşkî)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Northern Kurdish:
psîkiyatrî
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Kyrgyz:
психиатрия
(psihiatriya)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Latvian:
psihiatrija
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Lithuanian:
psichiatrija
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Macedonian:
психијатрија
(psihijatrija)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Malay:
psikiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Māori:
mātai mate hinengaro
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Mazanderani:
روان پزشکی
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Mongolian:
психиатри
(psixiatri)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Nepali:
मनोरोग विज्ञान
(manorog vigyāna)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Norwegian Bokmål:
psykiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Norwegian Nynorsk:
psykiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Persian:
روانپزشکی
(ravân-pezeški)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Polish:
psychiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Portuguese:
psiquiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Punjabi:
ਸਾਈਕੈਟਰੀ
(sāīkaiṭrī)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Romanian:
psihiatrie
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Russian:
психиатри́я
(psixiatríja)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Scottish Gaelic:
leigheas-inntinn
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Serbo-Croatian:
психија̀трија
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Serbo-Croatian:
psihijàtrija
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Slovak:
psychiatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Slovene:
psihiatrija
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Spanish:
psiquiatría
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Swahili:
saikatria
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Swedish:
psykiatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Tajik:
равонпизишкӣ
(ravonpiziški)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Tajik:
психиатрия
(psixiatriya)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Tatar:
психиатрия
(psixiyatriyä)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Telugu:
మనోరోగచికిత్స
(manōrōgacikitsa)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Thai:
จิตเวชศาสตร์
(jìt-dtà-wêet-chá-sàat)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Turkish:
psikiyatri
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Ukrainian:
психіатрі́я
(psyxiatríja)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Uzbek:
psixiatriya
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Vietnamese:
tâm thần học
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Vietnamese:
khoa tâm thần
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Volapük:
lanivestig
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Volapük:
lienetisanav
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
Yiddish:
פּסיכיאַטריע
(psikhyatrye)
— branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders