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French
Pronunciation
Noun
docteur m (plural docteurs, feminine docteur or (especially Canadian) docteure or (dated) doctoresse or (slang) docteuse)
- a doctor (physician)
- Synonyms: toubib, médecin
1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:Je suis le docteur Pipo, Pipo.
Je répare les pianos.
Piano ! Piano ! Écoute-nous !
Parle-nous ! Réponds-nous !- I am Dr. Pipo, Pipo.
I fix pianos.
Piano! Piano! Listen to us!
Talk to us! Answer us!
- a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor
Usage notes
Unlike monsieur or madame, when used as a title in a sentence docteur takes the definite article: j'ai parlé avec le docteur Tremblay. In French, docteur is much less used as a title with the name of holders of academic doctorates than Doctor is in English.
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin doctor, see doctor, doctur, etc.
Noun
docteur oblique singular, m (oblique plural docteurs, nominative singular docteurs, nominative plural docteur)
- doctor (medical practitioner)
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