doctoral
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English
Etymology
From doctor + -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/, /ˌdɒkˈtɔɹəl/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɑktəɹəl/, /ˈdɑktɹəl/
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- (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.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 13, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book III, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:
- We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
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Translations
relating to a doctorate
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References
- ^ “doctoral, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorals)
Related terms
Further reading
- “doctoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “doctoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “doctoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “doctoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From docteur + -al. Docteur reverts back to its Latin root doctor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doctoral (feminine doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales)
Further reading
- “doctoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French doctoral.
Adjective
doctoral m or n (feminine singular doctorală, masculine plural doctorali, feminine and neuter plural doctorale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | doctoral | doctorală | doctorali | doctorale | |||
| definite | doctoralul | doctorala | doctoralii | doctoralele | ||||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | doctoral | doctorale | doctorali | doctorale | |||
| definite | doctoralului | doctoralei | doctoralilor | doctoralelor | ||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “doctoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28