Dr.
博士
解説 Definition
（医者や博士の名の前につけて）～先生、～博士
A title placed before the name of a medical doctor or a person who holds a doctoral degree, used when speaking or writing about that person respectfully or professionally.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
「Dr.」は doctor の省略形で、医師または博士号を持つ人の姓・氏名の前に置きます。Dr. Lee、Dr. Brown の形で一まとまりとして覚え、後ろではなく前に付ける点に注意しましょう。通常は「ドクター」と読み、英式ではピリオドなしの Dr も一般的です。
See Dr. as the shortened written form of doctor, not as a separate word. Put it before a person’s name: Dr. Lee or Dr. Brown. It may identify a physician or someone who has earned a doctoral degree, so the context tells you which meaning is intended. It is normally pronounced “doctor,” not as the individual letters D and R. The form with a period is common in American English; British English also commonly writes Dr without one.
例文
Dr. Lee studies stars.
リー博士は星を研究しています。
I talk with Dr. Brown.
私はブラウン博士と話します。
Dr. の類義語・関連語
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Dr. の語源・成り立ち Etymology
doctorの省略形です。doctorは「教える」という意味のラテン語docereから生まれました。
Dr. is a conventional abbreviation of doctor. Doctor entered English through Old French and Latin doctor, meaning a teacher, from the Latin verb docere, “to teach.” The title was first closely associated with learned scholars and holders of advanced university degrees. It later became a standard title for qualified medical practitioners as well. The final period marks the abbreviation in styles that use one.
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