veterinarian

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin veterīnārius (“cattle doctor”), from veterīnae (“beasts of burden”), from either vehō (“to convey, draw”) or vetus (“old”).

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛt(ə)ɹəˈnɛɹi.ən/
• Hyphenation: vet‧er‧i‧nar‧i‧an

NounEdit

veterinarian (plural veterinarians)

1. A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

Usage notesEdit

In many jurisdictions, the use of the name veterinarian is restricted by law to persons with specific degrees or licenses.

SynonymsEdit

• (doctor who treats animals): veterinary surgeon, veterinary, animal doctor, vet

Related termsEdit

terms related to veterinarian

• veterinary
• veterinary medicine

• veterinary surgeon
• vet tech

TranslationsEdit

doctor who treats animals

• Afrikaans: veearts
• Arabic: طَبِيب بَيْطَرِيّ‏‎ m (ṭabīb bayṭariyy)
• Armenian: անասնաբույժ (hy) (anasnabuyž)
• Basque: albaitari (eu)
• Bulgarian: ветеринарен лекар (veterinaren lekar)
• Burmese: တရိစ္ဆာန်ဆရာဝန် (ta.richcanhca.rawan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獸醫 (zh), 兽医 (zh) (shòuyī)

  Min Nan: 獸醫 (siù-i)

• Czech: veterinář m, zvěrolékař m
• Danish: dyrlæge (da) c
• Dutch: dierenarts (nl) m, veterinair (nl) m
• Esperanto: bestkuracisto, veterinaro
• Estonian: loomaarst (et)
• Faroese: djóralækni m
• Finnish: eläinlääkäri (fi)
• French: vétérinaire (fr) m, f, veto (fr) m, f
• Galician: veterinario (gl) m
• Georgian: ვეტერინარი (veṭerinari), ბეითალი (beitali)
• German: Tierarzt (de) m, Tierärztin (de) f, Veterinär (de) m, Veterinärin (de) f
• Greek: κτηνίατρος (el) m (ktiníatros)
• Hebrew: וטרינר‏‎ (he) m, וטרינרית‏‎ f
• Hungarian: állatorvos (hu)
• Icelandic: dýralæknir (is) m
• Ido: veterinaro (io)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dokter hewan (id)
• Irish: tréidlia m
• Italian: veterinario (it) m, (appellative) dottore (it) m

• Japanese: 獣医 (ja) (じゅうい, jūi), 獣医師 (ja) (じゅういし jūishi)
• Korean: 수의사 (ko) (suuisa) (獸醫師 (ko))
• Lao: ສັດຕະວະແພດ (sat ta wa phǣt)
• Macedonian: ветеринар m (veterinár), ветеринарка f (veterinárka), доктор (dóktor), докторка f (dóktorka)
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} doktor haiwan
• Maltese: veterinarju m, veterinarja f
• Norman: vétérinnaithe m, f
• Norwegian: veterinær (no) m, dyrlege (no) m

  Nynorsk: dyrlækjar m

• Nungu: 獸醫
• Persian: دامپزشک‏‎ (fa) (dâmpezešk), (rare) بیطار‏‎ (fa) (beytâr)
• Polish: weterynarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: veterinário (pt) m
• Romanian: doctor veterinar m
• Russian: ветерина́р (ru) m (veterinár), ветерина́рка f (veterinárka)
• Scottish Gaelic: altrach-bheathaichean m, lèigh-bheathach m, lighiche-bheathaichean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ветеринар m, ветеринарка f

  Roman: veterìnār (sh) m, veterìnārka (sh) f

• Slovak: veterinár m, zverolekár m
• Spanish: veterinario (es) m
• Swedish: veterinär (sv) c, djurläkare (sv) c
• Tagalog: manggagamot-hayop
• Thai: สัตวแพทย์ (sàt-wá-pâet)
• Turkish: veteriner (tr), baytar (tr)
• Ukrainian: ветеринар (veterynar), лікар (uk) (likar)
• Vietnamese: thầy thuốc thú y
• Volapük: (♂♀) nimisanan (vo), (♂) nimihisanan, (♀) nimijisanan, (older term) nimasanel

See alsoEdit

• doctor
• physician