Paperwork
Dr
AbbreviationOfficialA2Meaning
docteur
The abbreviation of docteur before a doctor's name: Dr Lambert. It is the form on brass plates, prescriptions and appointment cards.
How it is said
docteur
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A surgery plate, a prescription, an appointment card.
Example
Dr Lambert, médecin généraliste, consultations sur rendez-vous.
Dr Lambert, general practitioner, consultations by appointment.
In the DELF
reading A2
Watch out
No dot, like Mme: the abbreviation ends with the last letter. In France, the title is only used for physicians: a doctor of letters is not called Dr.
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