doutor

Galician

Etymology

From Latin doctor (“teacher”).

Noun

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

1. doctor, physician

Further reading

• “doutor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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]
  • (Southern Brazil) 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/

• 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