Meanings
adjectivedoctoral (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to a doctorate.
- not comparablePertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 13, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
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adjectiveof or relating to a doctor or doctorate
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Origin
- Latindoctorālis
- Englishdoctoral
From doctor + -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.
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Catalan doctoral
- doctoralrelating to a doctorate
Esperanto doktoriĝa
- doktoriĝarelating to a doctorate
Finnish tohtori-
- tohtori-relating to a doctorate
French doctoral
- doctoralrelating to a doctorate
Hebrew דוקטורט
- דוקטורט (doktorát)relating to a doctorate
Indonesian doktoral
- doktoralrelating to a doctorate
Italian dottorale
- dottoralerelating to a doctorate
Japanese 博士
- 博士relating to a doctorate
Polish doktorski
- doktorskirelating to a doctorate
Russian до́кторский
- до́кторский (dóktorskij)relating to a doctorate
Spanish doctoral
- doctoralrelating to a doctorate
Turkish doktora
- doktorarelating to a doctorate
Welsh doethuraidd
- doethuraiddrelating to a doctorate
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doctoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctoral
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“doctoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctoral. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doctoral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctoral.
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