English
Etymology
From Latin philosophiae + doctor.
Noun
Doctor of Philosophy (plural Doctors of Philosophy)
- A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.
Usage notes
- Despite its name, the subject studied is not necessarily related to philosophy.
Translations
one of the highest doctorates
- Arabic: دُكْتُور فِي الْفَلْسَفَة m (duktūr fī l-falsafa), دُكْتُورَة فِي الْفَلْسَفَة f (duktūra(t) fī l-falsafa)
- Azerbaijani: fəlsəfə doktoru
- Burmese: ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ (para.gubhwai.)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哲學博士 / 哲学博士 (zhéxué bóshì)
- Finnish: filosofian tohtori
- French: docteur en philosophie m
- Georgian: ფილოსოფიის დოქტორი (pilosopiis dokṭori)
- Greek: διδάκτωρ φιλοσοφίας m (didáktor filosofías)
- Italian: dottore di ricerca m
- Malay: Doktor Falsafah
- Navajo: tseebíí nááhai ólta woozbą́
- Romanian: doctor în filozofie m
- Russian: до́ктор филосо́фских нау́к m (dóktor filosófskix naúk), кандида́т наук (kandidát nauk)
- Spanish: doctor en filosofía m
- Swahili: shahada ya uzamifu
- Tagalog: paham ng batnayan
- Tamil: முனைவர் (ta) (muṉaivar), (Sri Lanka) கலாநிதி (ta) (kalāniti)
- Thai: ปริญญาเอก (bprin-yaa-èek)
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