doktor

== Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin doctor. === Noun === doktor m (plural doktorë, definite doktori, definite plural doktorët, female equivalent doktoreshë) a male doctor ==== Declension ==== == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Internationalism; ultimately from Latin doctor. === Pronunciation === === Noun === doktor (definite accusative doktoru, plural doktorlar) doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate) tarixi elmlər doktoru ― a PhD (doctor) in history physician Synonyms: həkim, təbib ==== Declension ==== == Brunei Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English doctor, from Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dok.tor/ (Kedayan) IPA(key): /dok.to/ === Noun === doktor doctor (physician) (academic) doctor, person who has attained a doctorate ==== Hyponyms ==== doktor bedah (“surgeon”) doktor gigi (“dentist”) doktor pakar (“specialist”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish doctor, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). The verb sense is a semantic loan from English doctor === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dokˈtoɾ/ [d̪okˈt̪oɾ̪] Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktór (feminine doktora, Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔) doctor physician a person who has attained a doctorate veterinarian === Verb === doktór (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔) to doctor (alter or falsify a document) ==== Conjugation ==== == Central Bikol == === Alternative forms === Dr. — abbreviation Doc, dok === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dokˈtoɾ/ [d̪okˈtoɾ] Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktór (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜍ᜔) doctor; physician Synonyms: mediko, parabulong (dated) act of tinkering with Synonym: ano (dated) act of fiddling with Synonym: kuyan ==== Derived terms ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech doktor, from Latin doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdoktor] Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktor m anim (female equivalent doktorka) doctor, physician Synonyms: lékař, léčitel doctor, PhD ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “doktor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “doktor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “doktor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡdɐ/, [ˈd̥ʌɡ̊d̥ɐ], [ˈtɒ̽ktɒ̽] === Noun === doktor c (singular definite doktoren, plural indefinite doktorer) doctor (a physician) doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (physician): læge ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “doktor” in Den Danske Ordbog == Estonian == === Etymology === German Doktor. Doublet of tohter. === Noun === doktor (genitive doktori, partitive doktorit) doctor (person who has obtained a doctorate) doctor (physician) Synonym: arst Doctor (title) Synonym: dr ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === doktor in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Latin doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdoktor] Rhymes: -or Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktor (plural doktorok) (colloquial) doctor, physician (a member of the medical profession) Synonym: orvos doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === doktor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. doktor in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026). == Icelandic == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin doctor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔxtɔr/ === Noun === doktor m (genitive singular doktors, nominative plural doktorar) doctor (person with a university doctorate) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch doctor (“doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)”), from Middle Dutch doctor, from Latin doctor (“teacher, instructor”). Doublet of dokter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔk.tɔr/ Hyphenation: dok‧tor Rhymes: -ɔr === Noun === doktor (plural doktor-doktor) doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) ==== Usage notes ==== The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay doktor. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “doktor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Ladino == === Etymology === Borrowed from Turkish doktor, from French docteur. === Noun === doktor m doctor Synonym: mediko == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English doctor, from Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /doktor/, [dɔk̚to̟(r)] Rhymes: -tor, -or === Noun === doktor (Jawi spelling دوکتور, plural doktor-doktor or doktor2) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) doctor; physician Synonyms: (Indonesian Malay) dokter, tabib, bomor doctor (person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university) ==== Usage notes ==== The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian doktor. Both Standard Malaysian and Singaporean Malay plus Indonesian lists "person who has attained a doctorate" sense. However, Indonesian uses the cognate dokter, for the physician sense. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "doktor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin doctor. === Noun === doktor m (definite singular doktoren, indefinite plural doktorer, definite plural doktorene) doctor (physician) Doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) ==== Synonyms ==== (physician): lege ==== Derived terms ==== doktorgrad heksedoktor æresdoktor === References === “doktor” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin doctor. === Noun === doktor m (definite singular doktoren, indefinite plural doktorar, definite plural doktorane) Doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) ==== Derived terms ==== doktorgrad heksedoktor æresdoktor === References === “doktor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin doctor. Compare Old Polish doktor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈdoktor/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈdoktor/ === Noun === doktor m pers (relational adjective doktorský) (Ecclesiastic) teacher doctor (person holding a doctorate) scholar (religion) Honorary title of church dignitaries. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Czech: doktor === References === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “doktor”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Old Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin doctor. First attested in c. 1420. Compare Old Czech doktor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dɔktɔ(ː)r/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /dɔktɔr/, /dɔktor/ === Noun === doktor m animacy unattested (related adjective doktorowski) scholar (learned person; especially an expert in the Bible and theology, in Christianity sometimes the official title of theological writers) (attested in Masovia) doctor (person holding a doctorate) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: doktor→ Kashubian: doktór Silesian: dŏchtōr === References === Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “doktor”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish doktor. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔktɔr Syllabification: dok‧tor === Noun === doktor m pers (female equivalent doktor or doktorka, diminutive doktorek, abbreviation dr) (colloquial, medicine) physician, medical doctor Synonyms: eskulap, lekarz, medyk doctor (person holding a doctorate) (obsolete) doctor, scholar Synonym: uczony ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: doktór ==== Trivia ==== According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), doktor is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 52 times in news, 15 times in essays, 22 times in fiction, and 39 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 131 times, making it the 460th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === Noun === doktor f (indeclinable) (colloquial, medicine) female equivalent of doktor (“physician, medical doctor”) Synonym: doktorka female equivalent of doktor (“doctor”) (person holding a doctorate) Synonym: doktorka === References === === Further reading === “doktor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “doktor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[7] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “doktor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “DOKTOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18.03.2016 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “doktor”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “doktor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “doktor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 495 Jan Karłowicz (1900), “doktor”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 342 doktor in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin doctor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dôktor/ Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === dȍktor m anim (Cyrillic spelling до̏ктор) doctor, physician doctor, PhD ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dȍktorica (Serbia) dȍktōrka == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin doctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔktɔr/, [ˈdɔktɔr] Rhymes: -ɔktɔr Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktor m pers (female equivalent doktorka, relational adjective doktorský, diminutive doktorík or doktorko, augmentative doktorisko) doctor, physician Synonyms: lekár, liečiteľ doctor, PhD ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== doktorový == Swedish == === Alternative forms === (Abbreviations) d:r, dr, dr. === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin doctor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔkˌtɔr/ === Noun === doktor c doctor; physician doctor; person who has achieved a graduate degree such as a Ph.D. or a Th.D. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (physician): läkare ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: tohtori === Further reading === “doktor”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish doctor, borrowed from Latin doctor, from doceō (“to teach”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dokˈtoɾ/ [d̪okˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: dok‧tor === Noun === doktór (feminine doktora, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔) doctor; physician Synonyms: manggagamot, mediko doctorate degree Synonym: doktorado (colloquial) falsification ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “doktor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish دوقتور (doktor), from French docteur, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Cognate with Azerbaijani doktor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dokˈtoɾ/, [d̪o̞kˈt̪ʰo̞ɾ̞̊] Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: dok‧tor === Noun === doktor (definite accusative doktoru, plural doktorlar) doctor, physician Synonyms: hekim, tabip ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ladino: doktor === References === Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دوقتور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[8] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 610 == Yogad == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin doctor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Noun === doktór doctor