chirurgien

See also: Chirurgien

French

Etymology

From Middle French chirurgien, from Old French cirurgiien (see also Old French surgien, inherited through Vulgar Latin), or simply formed from the root of chirurgie, borrowed from French chirurgia, from chirurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/

• chirurgien:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /si.ryr.ʒɛ̃/

Noun

chirurgien m (plural chirurgiens)

1. a surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery

Related terms

• chirurgie

Further reading

• “chirurgien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cirurgiien.

Noun

chirurgien m (plural chirurgiens)

1. a surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery

Descendants

• French: chirurgien