Healthcare

At the hospital, at the clinic, and at the pharmacy, you will need these five French words: médecin, infirmier, dentiste, pharmacien, and chirurgien. Match each French healthcare term to its English equivalent and build your French medical vocabulary.

One useful distinction: médecin is the professional title for a qualified doctor in French, while docteur is an honorific that can apply to any doctorate holder, including dentists and pharmacists. The two are not interchangeable in formal contexts.