Doctor

See also: doctor

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

Doctor (plural Doctors)

1. The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name.

   The students asked to see Doctor Jones.

   Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.

   Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live?

Synonyms

• (abbreviated forms) Dr / Dr.

Translations

title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 醫生／医生 (ji¹ sang¹), 医生 (ji¹ sang¹) (physician), 博士 (yue) (bok³ si⁶) (academic)

  Hakka: 先生 (sîn-sâng)

  Mandarin: 醫生／医生 (zh) (yīshēng), 医生 (zh) (yīshēng) (physician), 博士 (zh) (bóshì) (academic)

  Min Nan: 先生 (zh-min-nan) (sian-siⁿ, sin-seⁿ, sian-seⁿ, sian-seng)

• Finnish: tohtori (fi), tri (fi)
• French: (used for both a man and a woman) le docteur (fr), (Quebec) la docteure (fr)
• German: Doktor (de) m, (female) Doktorin (de) f, (abbreviation) Dr. (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} il Dottor , ^{(please verify)} il Dottore

  il Dottor Rossi or il Dottore Rossi — Doctor Rossi

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• Japanese: 博士 (ja) (はかせ, hakase, はくし, hakushi)
• Korean: 박사 (ko) (baksa) (博士 (ko))
• Maltese: (used for both a man and a woman) ^{(please verify)} id-Dott.

  Id-Dott. Brown — Doctor Brown

• Marathi: डॉक्टर (ḍǒkṭara)
• Portuguese: doutor (pt) m
• Romanian: Doctor m
• Russian: до́ктор (ru) m (dóktor) (used for both a man and a woman), д-р m (d-r) (abbreviation)
• Vietnamese: tiến sĩ (vi) (進士)

See also

• (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) ^{(Category: en:Titles)}