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

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: fyzioterapeut m
• Esperanto: fizioterapiisto, kinezoterapiisto, fizikoterapiisto, movflegisto
• Finnish: fysioterapeutti (fi)
• French: physiothérapeute m, f
• German: Physiotherapeut (de) m, Physiotherapeutin (de) f
• Hungarian: gyógytornász (hu)
• Irish: fisiteiripeoir m, fisiteiripeach m

• Macedonian: физиотерапевт m (fizioterapévt)
• Polish: fizjoterapeuta (pl) m, fizjoterapeutka f
• Portuguese: fisioterapeuta (pt) m, f
• Romanian: fizioterapeut (ro) m, fizioterapeută f
• Russian: физиотерапе́вт (ru) m (fizioterapévt)
• Spanish: fisioterapeuta m, f
• Swedish: sjukgymnast c, fysioterapeut c
• Volapük: (♂♀) füsiolekälan