Dr
French, noun
Dr is spelled D-R (2 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written French, the 1,996th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dr is a French noun meaning “abbreviation of docteur (as a title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Dr. is a different word: “abbreviation of docteur”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Docteur, comme un titre”.
What does Dr mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of docteur (as a title)
noun
- 1
abbreviation of docteur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. De rien (en réponse à un remerciement).
noun: 1. Docteur.
noun: 1. Docteur, comme un titre.
noun: 1. Indication que l’œuvre est soumise aux droits d’auteur mais qu'on n'en connaît pas l'auteur.
noun: 1. Directeur de recherche, appartenant à un corps de fonctionnaires chercheurs du CNRS.
noun: 1. Droite républicaine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dr
- Dʳ canonical masculine
- Dʳˢ plural
- Dʳ. canonical masculine
- Dʳˢ. plural
- Dr
- Drs plural
- Dre feminine
- Dr.
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dr in French?
Dr appears 42 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).