toubib
French
Etymology
From 19th-century military slang, borrowed from Algerian Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb), from Arabic طَبِيب (ṭabīb, “doctor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.bib/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “toubib”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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