doctor
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From Middle English doctor (“an expert, authority on a subject”), doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), and doublet of docent.
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doctor (plural doctors)
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doctor (third-person singular simple present doctors, present participle doctoring, simple past and past participle doctored)
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doctor m (plural doctores)
doctor m (plural doctors, feminine doctora)
From Middle Dutch doctor, from Latin doctor (“teacher, instructor”).
doctor m (plural doctoren or doctors, diminutive doctortje n)
doctor m (genitive doctōris, feminine doctrīx or doctorissa); third declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | doctor | doctōrēs |
Genitive | doctōris | doctōrum |
Dative | doctōrī | doctōribus |
Accusative | doctōrem | doctōrēs |
Ablative | doctōre | doctōribus |
Vocative | doctor | doctōrēs |
Borrowed from Latin doctor (17th c.), via French docteur or German Doktor.
doctor m (plural doctori, feminine equivalent doctoriță or (nonstandard) doctoră)
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) doctor | doctorul | (niște) doctori | doctorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) doctor | doctorului | (unor) doctori | doctorilor |
vocative | doctorule | doctorilor |
doctor m (plural doctores, feminine doctora, feminine plural doctoras)