doctoral

English

Etymology

From doctor +‎ -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/, /ˌdɒkˈtɔɹəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑktəɹəl/, /ˈdɑktɹəl/

  • Audio (Maryland):

    (file)

  • Audio (Connecticut):

    (file)

• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔktəɹəl/, /ˈdɔktɹəl/, /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔɹəl
• Hyphenation: doc‧tor‧al

Adjective

doctoral (not comparable)

1. Relating to a doctorate.
2. Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 13, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] 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

• postdoctoral

Derived terms

• doctoral advisor
• doctorally
• doctorally
• doctoral thesis
• nondoctoral
• predoctoral

 

Related terms

• doctor
• Doctor

 

Translations

relating to a doctorate

• Armenian: դոկտորական (hy) (doktorakan)
• Catalan: doctoral
• Esperanto: doktoriĝa
• Finnish: tohtori-
• Georgian: სადოქტორო (sadokṭoro)
• Hebrew: דוקטורט m (doktorát)
• Indonesian: doktoral
• Italian: dottorale (it)
• Japanese: 博士 (ja)
• Maltese: dottorali
• Russian: до́кторский (ru) (dóktorskij)
• Tibetan: འབུམ་རམས་པའི ('bum rams pa'i)
• Turkish: doktora (tr)
• Welsh: doethuraidd

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duk.tuˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [dok.toˈɾal]

Adjective

doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorals)

1. doctoral

Related terms

• doctor

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

• IPA^(key): /dɔk.tɔ.ʁal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

doctoral (feminine doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

Further reading

• “doctoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French doctoral.

Adjective

doctoral m or n (feminine singular doctorală, masculine plural doctorali, feminine and neuter plural doctorale)

1. doctoral

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

• IPA^(key): /doɡtoˈɾal/ [d̪oɣ̞.t̪oˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: doc‧to‧ral

Adjective

doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

Derived terms

• tesis doctoral

 

Further reading

• “doctoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10