toubib
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 19th-century military slang, borrowed from Algerian Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb), from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb, “doctor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
toubib m (plural toubibs)
Further reading[edit]
- “toubib”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.