Doctor of Philosophy

English

Etymology

From Latin philosophiae + doctor.

Noun

Doctor of Philosophy (plural Doctors of Philosophy)

1. 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.

Alternative forms

• Usually shortened to Ph.D.
• Also DPhil

Translations

one of the highest doctorates

• Arabic: دُكْتُور فِي الْفَلْسَفَة m (duktūr fī l-falsafa), دُكْتُورَة فِي الْفَلْسَفَة f (duktūra(t) fī l-falsafa)
• 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)