The French word for doctor is médecin.
In French, the term médecin is used to refer to a medical doctor, someone who has completed the necessary education and training to practice medicine. This term applies to both male and female doctors, although there is a feminine form, médecin, which is also used without changes. It’s interesting to note that in French, the context often makes the gender clear, even when the noun itself remains the same.
In addition to médecin, there are other words in French that refer to specific types of doctors, such as pédiatre for a pediatrician or chirurgien for a surgeon. However, when you want to simply refer to a doctor in general, médecin is the correct term to use.