different between doctoral vs postgraduate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?kt???l/, /?d?kt??l/, /?d?k?t???l/
• Hyphenation: doc?tor?al

Adjective

doctoral (not comparable)

1. Relating to a doctorate.
2. Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:

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

Hyponyms

• postdoctoral

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /dok.to??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /duk.tu??al/

Adjective

doctoral (masculine and feminine plural doctorals)

1. doctoral

Related terms

• doctor

Further reading

• “doctoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “doctoral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “doctoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “doctoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k.t?.?al/

Adjective

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

1. doctoral

Further reading

• “doctoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French doctoral

Adjective

doctoral m or n (feminine singular doctoral?, masculine plural doctorali, feminine and neuter plural doctorale)

1. doctoral

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

doctoral (plural doctorales)

1. doctoral

Derived terms

• tesis doctoral

English

Etymology

post- +? graduate

Noun

postgraduate (plural postgraduates)

1. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

Synonyms

• graduate student (Canada, US)

Translations

Adjective

postgraduate (not comparable)

1. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

Antonyms

• pregraduate
• undergraduate

Translations

Derived terms

• postgrad