doctoral

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/, /ˌdɒkˈtɔɹəl/
• Hyphenation: doc‧tor‧al

Adjective

doctoral (not comparable)

1. Relating to a doctorate.
2. Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:

     We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.

Hyponyms

• postdoctoral

Translations

relating to a doctorate

• Esperanto: doktoriĝa
• Finnish: tohtori-
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: до́кторский (ru) (dóktorskij)
• Turkish: doktora (tr)

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French

Etymology

From docteur +‎ -al. Docteur reverts back to its Latin root doctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔk.tɔ.ʁal/

Adjective

doctoral (feminine doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Adjective

doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

Derived terms

• tesis doctoral