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toubib

doctor

noun too-BIB Rare

Usage Note

Toubib is an informal, widely used colloquial word for a doctor, borrowed from Arabic ṭabīb via North African French. It is friendly and neutral in register — neither rude nor overly familiar — and appears in everyday speech across France. The standard formal equivalent is médecin.

Examples

"Je dois aller voir le toubib demain matin."

Natural Translation

I have to go see the doctor tomorrow morning.

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