physiotherapist

English

Etymology

physio- +‎ therapist

Noun

physiotherapist (plural physiotherapists)

1. A therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise.

Synonyms

• physio
• physical therapist

Derived terms

• physiotherapy

Translations

therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise

• Catalan: fisioterapeuta m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 物理治療師 (mat⁶ lei⁵ zi⁶ liu⁴ si¹)

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: fyzioterapeut m
• Esperanto: fizioterapiisto, kinezoterapiisto, fizikoterapiisto, movflegisto
• Finnish: fysioterapeutti (fi)
• French: physiothérapeute (fr) m or f, kinésithérapeute (fr) m or f
• German: Physiotherapeut (de) m, Physiotherapeutin (de) f, Krankengymnast m, Heilgymnast m

• Hungarian: gyógytornász (hu), fizioterapeuta (hu)
• Irish: fisiteiripeoir m, fisiteiripeach m
• Macedonian: физиотерапе́вт m (fizioterapévt)
• Polish: fizjoterapeuta (pl) m, fizjoterapeutka f
• Portuguese: fisioterapeuta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: fizioterapeut (ro) m, fizioterapeută f
• Russian: физиотерапе́вт (ru) m (fizioterapévt)
• Spanish: fisioterapeuta m or f
• Swedish: sjukgymnast c, fysioterapeut c
• Volapük: füsiolekälan m or f