Doctor

See also doctor

English

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Noun

Doctor (plural Doctors)

1. The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctor's name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr.

   The students asked to see Doctor Jones.

   Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.

Translations

title of a doctor used before the doctor's name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫生 (cmn), 医生 (cmn) (yīshēng)

• Finnish: tohtori (fi), tri (fi)
• French: le docteur (used for both a man and a woman)

  le doctor Dupont — Doctor Dupont

• German: Doktor (de) m, Doktorin (de) f, (abbreviation) Dr. (de) m
• Italian: il Dottor, il Dottore

  il Dottor Rossi or il Dottore Rossi — Doctor Rossi

• Japanese: 博士 (ja) (はかせ, hakase, はくし, hakushi)
• Korean: 박사 (ko) (baksa) (博士 (ko))
• Maltese: id-Dott. (used for both a man and a woman)

  Id-Dott. Brown — Doctor Brown

• Marathi: डॉक्टर (mr) (ḍǒkṭara)
• Russian: доктор (ru) (dóktor) m  (used for both a man and a woman), д-р (ru) m (d-r) (abbreviation)
• Vietnamese: tiến sĩ (vi) (進士 (vi))