witch doctor in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for witch doctor in the English»French Dictionary

witch doctor N

witch doctor

shaman m

Translations for witch doctor in the French»English Dictionary

sorcier

witch doctor

Translations for witch doctor in the English»French Dictionary

I.doctor [Brit ˈdɒktə, Am ˈdɑktər] N

1. doctor MED:

doctor

médecin m

doctor

docteur m

thank you, doctor

merci, docteur

to go to the doctor('s)

aller chez le médecin

she's a doctor

elle est médecin

who is your doctor?

qui est votre médecin (traitant)?

he trained as a doctor

il a fait des études de médecine

to be under a doctor Brit

être suivi par un médecin

Doctor Armstrong

le docteur Armstrong

to play doctors and nurses

jouer au docteur

2. doctor UNIV:

doctor

docteur m

II.doctor [Brit ˈdɒktə, Am ˈdɑktər] VB trans

1. doctor (tamper with):

doctor food, wine

frelater

doctor accounts, figures

falsifier

doctor document, text

altérer

2. doctor Brit VET:

doctor animal

châtrer

III.doctor [Brit ˈdɒktə, Am ˈdɑktər]

that's just what the doctor ordered!

c'est exactement ce qu'il me/te etc fallait!

witch [Brit wɪtʃ, Am wɪtʃ] N

witch

sorcière f

witch (bewitching woman) fig

ensorceleuse f

pej (old) witch

(vieille) sorcière f

witch doctor in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for witch doctor in the English»French Dictionary

I.doctor [ˈdɒktəʳ, Am ˈdɑ:ktɚ] N

1. doctor (physician):

doctor

médecin m

to go to the doctor's

aller chez le médecin

2. doctor (person with a doctorate):

doctor

docteur m

doctor of Law

docteur en droit

doctor's degree

doctorat m

Phrases:

the doctor's orders

les instructions fpl

to be just what the doctor ordered iron hum

c'est justement ce qu'il fallait

this hot bath is just what the doctor ordered

ce bain chaud, c'est exactement ce dont j'avais besoin

II.doctor [ˈdɒktəʳ, Am ˈdɑ:ktɚ] VB trans

1. doctor pej (illegally alter a document):

doctor

falsifier

2. doctor Brit pej (poison):

doctor

frelater

3. doctor Brit, Aus inf (neuter):

doctor

couper

witch <-es> [wɪtʃ] N a. pej

witch

sorcière f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If we wish to know why a certain disease strikes one person and not another, we turn to medicine instead of a witch doctor.

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The witch doctor also announces that when a person gets sick - no matter a fever or cancer - he s dead rather than ill.

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It shouldn't be the doctor versus the witch doctor.

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Blizzard has stated that the witch doctor is not another version of the necromancer and that they may incorporate the necromancer in a future expansion.

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In another version it is under control of an evil "shaman" or witch doctor.

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This issue with witchcraft and its power and influence is that a witch doctor has, as he is almost always revered by society as ultimate truth.

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The only way it can be destroyed is through the witch doctor.

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The evil witch doctor then subsequently makes his escape.

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The witch doctor is then shown to put the doll in a pot with water (not boiling) and the captive is shown with the same position.

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The witch doctor has the ability to summon monsters, cast curses, harvest souls, and hurl poisons and explosives at their enemies.

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