médecin

Inherited from Middle French medecin, a back-formation from Old French medeciner (“to treat medically”). Replaced Old French mire, mege, meide, meie, etc. inherited from Latin medicus.

• IPA^(key): /med.sɛ̃/ ~ /mɛd.sɛ̃/

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médecin m or f by sense (plural médecins)

1. physician; (medical) doctor

   Synonym: (slang) toubib

• docteur

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