médecin
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See also: medecin
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French medecin, a back-formation from Old French medeciner (“to treat medically”). Replaced Old French mire, mege, meide, meie, etc. inherited from Latin medicus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]médecin m (plural médecins)
Usage notes
[edit]Used for both male and female physicians: there is no separate feminine form, although when referring to a woman it may take the feminine article, la médecin.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “médecin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.