fisicien

See also: fisicïen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fisicien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.zi.sjɛ̃/
• Homophone: physicien

Noun

fisicien m (plural fisiciens, feminine fisicienne)

1. (archaic, historical) medieval physician

   Hypernym: médecin

Old French

Etymology

From Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσκικὴ ἐπιστήμη (phuskikḕ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”) from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”) from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth, produce”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to exist, grow”).

Noun

fisicien oblique singular, m (oblique plural fisiciens, nominative singular fisiciens, nominative plural fisicien)

1. (medical) doctor; physician

Descendants

• English: physician
• French: physicien, fisicien