doctoral

== English == === Etymology === From doctor +‎ -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/, /ˌdɒkˈtɔɹəl/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɑktəɹəl/, /ˈdɑktɹəl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdɔktəɹəl/, /ˈdɔktɹəl/, /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/ Rhymes: -ɔɹəl Hyphenation: doc‧tor‧al === Adjective === doctoral (not comparable) Relating to a doctorate. Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician. ==== Hyponyms ==== postdoctoral ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [duk.tuˈɾal] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [dok.toˈɾal] === Adjective === doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorals) doctoral ==== Related terms ==== doctor === Further reading === “doctoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “doctoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “doctoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “doctoral”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === From docteur +‎ -al. Docteur reverts back to its Latin root doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔk.tɔ.ʁal/ === Adjective === doctoral (feminine doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales) doctoral === Further reading === “doctoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French doctoral. === Adjective === doctoral m or n (feminine singular doctorală, masculine plural doctorali, feminine/neuter plural doctorale) doctoral ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /doɡtoˈɾal/ [d̪oɣ̞.t̪oˈɾal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: doc‧to‧ral === Adjective === doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorales) doctoral ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “doctoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025