doutor

Asturian

Alternative forms

• dotor
• doctor (Standard orthography)

Etymology

From Latin doctor (“teacher”).

Noun

doutor m (plural doutores)

1. doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)
2. doctor, physician

   Synonym: mélicu

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “doutor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Latin doctor (“teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdowtoɾ/ [ˈd̪ow.t̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -owtoɾ
• Hyphenation: dou‧tor

Noun

doutor m (plural doutores, feminine doutora, feminine plural doutoras)

1. doctor, physician

   Synonym: médico

Further reading

• “doutor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doutor (“scholar”), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin doctōrem (“teacher”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoʁ/ [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoʁ/ [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoɾ/ [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoʁ/ [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoɻ/ [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /do(w)ˈtoɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dowˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /doˈto.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: dou‧tor

Noun

doutor m (plural doutores, feminine doutora, feminine plural doutoras)

1. a doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate)
2. a doctor, a physician (a member of the medical profession)

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: dotowegi

Further reading

• “doutor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “doutor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026