le
masculine
/dɔk.tœʁ/
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Translation
doctor
Word origin
From Latin doctor ('teacher'), an agent noun from docere ('to teach'). The medical sense developed from the academic title.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- doctor
- English cognates
- doctor, doctrine, docile
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Examples
' .
The doctor told me to rest for a week.
fievre.
She called the doctor because her son had a temperature.
.
The doctor is with a patient and cannot be disturbed.
' .
The doctor asked me to rest for a whole week.
- .
I have to book an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.
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