prof

See also: próf, prof., Prof., and Prof

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹɑf/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑf

Noun

prof (plural profs)

1. (informal) Clipping of professor.
   • 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 June 2010:

     He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'"

2. (informal) Clipping of profit.
   • 2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng:

     I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge
     Then we laugh about it and split the prof

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton proff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprofː/

Noun

prof m (plural profoù)

1. gift
2. offering

Dutch

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of professor.

Noun

prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)

1. professor
2. (East and West Flanders) doctor, physician

Etymology 2

Noun

prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)

1. professional

French

Etymology

Clipping of professeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔf/

Noun

prof m or f by sense (plural profs)

1. teacher, professor

Further reading

• “prof”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from professzor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprof]
• Rhymes: -of

Noun

prof (plural profok)

1. (colloquial) professor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	prof	profok
accusative	profot	profokat
dative	profnak	profoknak
instrumental	proffal	profokkal
causal-final	profért	profokért
translative	proffá	profokká
terminative	profig	profokig
essive-formal	profként	profokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	profban	profokban
superessive	profon	profokon
adessive	profnál	profoknál
illative	profba	profokba
sublative	profra	profokra
allative	profhoz	profokhoz
elative	profból	profokból
delative	profról	profokról
ablative	proftól	profoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	profé	profoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	proféi	profokéi

Possessive forms of prof

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	profom	profjaim
2nd person sing.	profod	profjaid
3rd person sing.	profja	profjai
1st person plural	profunk	profjaink
2nd person plural	profotok	profjaitok
3rd person plural	profjuk	profjaik

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of professore or professoressa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔf
• Hyphenation: pròf

Noun

prof m or f by sense (invariable)

1. (colloquial) teacher

   Synonym: (dotted spelling) prof.

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of profesor.

Noun

prof m (plural profi, feminine equivalent profă)

1. (colloquial) teacher, professor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	prof	proful	profi	profii
genitive-dative	prof	profului	profi	profilor
vocative	profule		profilor