doutor
Portuguese, noun/do(w)ˈtoʁ/
doutor is spelled D-O-U-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,623rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doutor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que completou o curso de doutoramento e defendeu tese”.
What does doutor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate)
- 2
masculinea doctor, a physician (a member of the medical profession)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que completou o curso de doutoramento e defendeu tese 2. termo de tratamento usado ao se dirigir ou referir-se a um advogado, médico, farmacêutico ou outro profissional da saúde
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of doutor
- doutores plural
- doutora feminine
- doutoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doutor?
- Brazil /do(w)ˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [do(ʊ̯)ˈtoh]
- /do(w)ˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doutor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doutor in Portuguese?
doutor appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).