chirurgien

Inherited from Middle French chirurgien, from Old French cirurgiien (see also Old French surgien, inherited through Vulgar Latin), or simply formed from the root of chirurgie, borrowed from Latin chīrūrgia, from chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/

• chirurgien

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /si.ryr.ʒɛ̃/

chirurgien m (plural chirurgiens, feminine chirurgienne)

1. surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)

• chirurgie

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

From Old French cirurgiien.

chirurgien m (plural chirurgiens)

1. a surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery

• French: chirurgien