Meanings
nounveterinarian (plural veterinarians)
plural veterinarians
- A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.
The first edition, translated into 6 languages, appeared to fulfil a need, and a minisurvey of UK veterinarians graduated 2–40 years ago showed unanimous support for such a revision […]
2005, Anthony David Weaver, Guy St. Jean, Adrian Steiner, Bovine surgery and lameness1 more example
A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.
1980, National Geographic Society (U.S.), National geographic, →OCLCSynonyms: vet, veterinary surgeon, veterinary, animal doctor
adjectiveveterinarian (not comparable)
- not comparableveterinary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medical doctor who treats non-human animals.
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nouna doctor who practices veterinary medicine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinveterīnārius“cattle doctor”
- Englishveterinarian
From Latin veterīnārius (“cattle doctor”) + -an, from veterīnae (“beasts of burden, draught-”), probably from vehō (“to convey, draw”), or from vetus (“old”). By surface analysis, veterinary + -an.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans veearts
- veeartsdoctor who treats animals
Ancient Greek κτηνίατρος
- κτηνίατρος (ktēníatros)doctor who treats animals
Arabic طَبِيب بَيْطَرِيّ, بيطار
- طَبِيب بَيْطَرِيّ (ṭabīb bayṭariyy)doctor who treats animals
- بيطار (bayṭār)doctor who treats animals
Basque albaitari
- albaitaridoctor who treats animals
Bulgarian ветеринарен лекар, ветерина́р
- ветеринарен лекар (veterinaren lekar)doctor who treats animals
- ветерина́р (veterinár)doctor who treats animals
Catalan veterinari
- veterinaridoctor who treats animals
Chinese Mandarin 獸醫 /兽医
- 獸醫 /兽医 (shòuyī)doctor who treats animals
Czech veterinář, zvěrolékař
- veterinářdoctor who treats animals
- zvěrolékařdoctor who treats animals
Danish dyrlæge
- dyrlægedoctor who treats animals
Dutch dierenarts, veterinair
- dierenartsdoctor who treats animals
- veterinairdoctor who treats animals
- veeartsdoctor who treats animals
Esperanto bestkuracisto, bestkuracistino
- bestkuracistodoctor who treats animals
- bestkuracistinodoctor who treats animals
- bestokuracistodoctor who treats animals
- bestokuracistinodoctor who treats animals
- veterinarodoctor who treats animals
- veterinarinodoctor who treats animals
Estonian loomaarst
- loomaarstdoctor who treats animals
Finnish eläinlääkäri
- eläinlääkäridoctor who treats animals
French vétérinaire, véto
- vétérinairedoctor who treats animals
- vétodoctor who treats animals
German Tierarzt, Tierärztin
- Tierarztdoctor who treats animals
- Tierärztindoctor who treats animals
- Tiermedizinerdoctor who treats animals
- Tiermedizinerindoctor who treats animals
- Veterinärdoctor who treats animals
- Veterinärindoctor who treats animals
- Veterinärmedizinerdoctor who treats animals
- Veterinärmedizinerindoctor who treats animals
- Pferdedoktordoctor who treats animals
- Pferdedoktorindoctor who treats animals
- Viehdoktordoctor who treats animals
- Viehdoktorindoctor who treats animals
Greek κτηνίατρος
- κτηνίατρος (ktiníatros)doctor who treats animals
Hebrew וטרינר \ וֶטֶרִינָר, וטרינרית \ וֶטֶרִינָרִית
- וטרינר \ וֶטֶרִינָר (veterinár)doctor who treats animals
- וטרינרית \ וֶטֶרִינָרִית (veterinárit)doctor who treats animals
Hungarian állatorvos
- állatorvosdoctor who treats animals
Icelandic dýralæknir
- dýralæknirdoctor who treats animals
Indonesian dokter hewan, veterinarian
- dokter hewandoctor who treats animals
- veterinariandoctor who treats animals
Irish tréidlia
- tréidliadoctor who treats animals
Italian veterinario, veterinaria
- veterinariodoctor who treats animals
- veterinariadoctor who treats animals
Japanese 獣医, 獣医師
- 獣医 (jūi)doctor who treats animals
- 獣医師 (jūishi)doctor who treats animals
Korean 수의사
- 수의사 (suuisa)doctor who treats animals
Latvian veterinārārsts
- veterinārārstsdoctor who treats animals
Lithuanian veterinãras, veterinãrė
- veterinãrasdoctor who treats animals
- veterinãrėdoctor who treats animals
Māori rata kararehe
- rata kararehedoctor who treats animals
Norwegian Bokmål dyrlege, veterinær
- dyrlegedoctor who treats animals
- veterinærdoctor who treats animals
Persian دامپزشک, بیطار
- دامپزشک (dâmpezešk)doctor who treats animals
- بیطار (beytâr)doctor who treats animals
Polish weterynarz, weterynarka
- weterynarzdoctor who treats animals
- weterynarkadoctor who treats animals
Portuguese veterinário, veterinária
- veterináriodoctor who treats animals
- veterináriadoctor who treats animals
Romanian veterinar, veterinară
- veterinardoctor who treats animals
- veterinarădoctor who treats animals
- doctor veterinardoctor who treats animals
- doctoră veterinarădoctor who treats animals
Russian ветерина́р, ветерина́рка
- ветерина́р (veterinár)doctor who treats animals
- ветерина́рка (veterinárka)doctor who treats animals
Scottish Gaelic altrach-bheathaichean, lèigh-bheathach
- altrach-bheathaicheandoctor who treats animals
- lèigh-bheathachdoctor who treats animals
- lighiche-bheathaicheandoctor who treats animals
Slovak veterinár, zverolekár
- veterinárdoctor who treats animals
- zverolekárdoctor who treats animals
Spanish veterinario, veterinaria
- veterinariodoctor who treats animals
- veterinariadoctor who treats animals
Swahili daktari wa mifugo, daktari wa wanyama
- daktari wa mifugodoctor who treats animals
- daktari wa wanyamadoctor who treats animals
Swedish veterinär, djurläkare
- veterinärdoctor who treats animals
- djurläkaredoctor who treats animals
Tagalog manggagamot-hayop
- manggagamot-hayopdoctor who treats animals
Thai สัตวแพทย์
- สัตวแพทย์ (sàt-dtà-wá-pɛ̂ɛt)doctor who treats animals
Turkish veteriner, baytar
- veterinerdoctor who treats animals
- baytardoctor who treats animals
Ukrainian ветерина́р, ветерина́рка
- ветерина́р (veterynár)doctor who treats animals
- ветерина́рка (veterynárka)doctor who treats animals
Vietnamese thầy thuốc thú y, bác sĩ thú y
- thầy thuốc thú ydoctor who treats animals
- bác sĩ thú ydoctor who treats animals
Welsh milfeddyg
- milfeddygdoctor who treats animals
Cite this entry
APA
veterinarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veterinarian
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“veterinarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veterinarian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “veterinarian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veterinarian.
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