praticien
French, noun/pʁa.ti.sjɛ̃/
praticien is spelled P-R-A-T-I-C-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Praticien is a French masculine noun meaning “practitioner, someone who masters the practice of an art or science” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a la connaissance et l’usage des moyens pratiques”.
What does praticien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepractitioner, someone who masters the practice of an art or science
Ce médecin est un bon praticien.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a la connaissance et l’usage des moyens pratiques. 2. Celui qui connaît la manière de procéder en justice. 3. Médecin qui soigne les malades, par opposition à ceux qui se consacrent à l’étude théorique des maladies et aux recherches de laboratoire. 4. Toute autre pratiquant d’une profession médicale qui soigne des patients.
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 praticien
- praticiens plural
- praticienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce praticien?
- /pʁa.ti.sjɛ̃/
- \pʁa.ti.sjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to praticien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is praticien in French?
praticien appears 2.5 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).