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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.

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.

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I have to book an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.

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This word is part of lesson 8.