prof

See also: próf, prof., and Prof.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɑf/

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

prof (plural profs)

1. (informal) Clipping of professor.
   • 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of professor.

Noun

prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)

1. professor
2. (Flemish) doctor, physician

Etymology 2

Noun

prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)

1. professional

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French

Etymology

Clipping of professeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔf/

Noun

prof m or f (plural profs)

1. teacher, professor

Further reading

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from professzor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprof]

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

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Italian

Etymology

Shortened form of professore or professoressa

Noun

prof m or f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) teacher