doctoral

From doctor +‎ -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/, /ˌdɒkˈtɔɹəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑktəɹəl/, /ˈdɑktɹəl/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔktəɹəl/, /ˈdɔktɹəl/, /ˈdɒktəɹəl/, /ˈdɒktɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔɹəl
• Hyphenation: doc‧tor‧al

doctoral (not comparable)

1. Relating to a doctorate.
2. Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 13, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.

• postdoctoral

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duk.tuˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [dok.toˈɾal]

doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorals)

1. doctoral

• doctor

• “doctoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “doctoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “doctoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “doctoral”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From docteur +‎ -al. Docteur reverts back to its Latin root doctor.

• IPA^(key): /dɔk.tɔ.ʁal/

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doctoral (feminine doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

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

Borrowed from French doctoral.

doctoral m or n (feminine singular doctorală, masculine plural doctorali, feminine/neuter plural doctorale)

1. doctoral

• IPA^(key): /doɡtoˈɾal/ [d̪oɣ̞.t̪oˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: doc‧to‧ral

doctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

• “doctoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025