Health
psy
AbbreviationStandardB1Meaning
psychologue, ou psychiatre
The psychologist or the psychiatrist, without distinction: « aller chez le psy », « voir un psy ». The clipped word erases a difference both professions insist on.
How it is said
psy
Gender and article
le psy · masculine
Where you meet it
A conversation, a health article, a practice advert.
Example
Depuis le déménagement, elle voit un psy une fois par semaine.
Since the move, she has been seeing a therapist (psy) once a week.
In the DELF
listening B1 · reading B2
Watch out
Gender follows the person: le psy, la psy. The final y is that of psychologue; and the plural is written des psys.