profesor

See also: profesör

Languages (16)

Albanian • Asturian • Czech • Galician • Indonesian • Javanese • Ladino • Malay • Polish • Romanian • Serbo-Croatian • Slovene • Spanish • Sundanese • Venetan • Vilamovian

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Albanian

Noun

profesór m

1. professor

Declension

Declension of profesor

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	profesor	profesori	profesorë	profesorët
accusative		profesorin
dative	profesori	profesorit	profesorëve	profesorëve
ablative			profesorësh

Further reading

• “profesor”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3], 1980

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m sg (feminine singular profesora, masculine plural profesores, feminine plural profesores)

1. teacher (someone who teaches)

   Synonyms: maestru, maestra

Related terms

• profesión

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “profesor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “profesor”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofɛsor]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m anim (female equivalent profesorka, relational adjective profesorský)

1. professor

Declension

Declension of profesor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	profesor	profesoři
genitive	profesora	profesorů
dative	profesorovi, profesoru	profesorům
accusative	profesora	profesory
vocative	profesore	profesoři
locative	profesorovi, profesoru	profesorech
instrumental	profesorem	profesory

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “profesor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Alternative forms

• professor (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈs̺oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)

1. teacher
2. professor

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/
• Rhymes: -sɔr, -ɔr
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor

2. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)

   Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru

   Hypernym: dosen

Related terms

• profesi
• profesional
• profesionalisme
• profesionalitas

References

• “profesor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Noun

profesor

1. professor

Synonyms

• ꦒꦸꦫꦸꦲꦒꦼꦁ (guru ageng)

Ladino

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

profesor m (Hebrew spelling פרופ׳יסור, feminine profesora)

1. professor (teacher)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén‐Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[4], page 114:

     Mi profesor de latino i grego ya tinía mas ochenta anyos kuando fue mi profesor en mis últimos anyos de liseo.

     My Latin and Greek teacher was already more [than] eighty-years-old when he was my teacher in my last years of high school.

Derived terms

• profesorato

Related terms

• profesar
• profesional
• profesión

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English professor, from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro.fe.so(r)/
• Rhymes: -o(r)

Noun

profesor (Jawi spelling ڤروفيسور, plural profesor-profesor or profesor²)

1. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university)

   profesor emeritus ― honorary title for a retired professor

   • 2018 April 12, Hashim Yaacob, “Kekalkan profesor cemerlang di universiti [Keep brilliant professor(s) in university]”, in Utusan Malaysia‎^[5], archived from the original on 12 April 2018:

     Oleh kerana kerja-kerja penyelidikan awal seseorang profesor itu akan terus dirujuk beberapa tahun kemudiannya, maka universiti akan terus mendapat manfaat melalui peningkatan ranking universiti, walaupun seseorang profesor itu telah bersara.

     Since the preliminary research work of a professor will continue to be referred to a few years later, therefore the university will continue to gain benefit through the improvement of its ranking, even if a particular professor has already retired.

Hypernyms

• pensyarah (“lecturer”)

Related terms

• profesor madya (“associate professor”)

See also

• doktor (“a person who has attained a doctorate”)

Polish

Alternative forms

• prefesór (Łowicz, Złaków Borowy, Kompina, Strugienice)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin profiteor

Latin professus

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin professorlbor.

Polish profesor

Learned borrowing from Latin professor. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/, /prɔˈfɛ.sor/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɔr
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m pers (female equivalent profesor or profesorka, diminutive profesorek, related adjective profesorski, abbreviation prof.)

1. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
2. teacher (an educator in secondary school)

   Synonym: nauczyciel

3. (obsolete) old hand, master

Declension

Declension of profesor

	singular	plural
nominative	profesor	profesorowie/profesorzy
genitive	profesora	profesorów
dative	profesorowi	profesorom
accusative	profesora	profesorów
instrumental	profesorem	profesorami
locative	profesorze	profesorach
vocative	profesorze	profesorowie/profesorzy

Noun

profesor f (male equivalent profesor)

1. female equivalent of profesor (“professor”) (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)

   Synonym: profesorka

2. female equivalent of profesor (“teacher”) (an educator in secondary school)

   Synonym: profesorka

Derived terms

nouns

• profesor belwederski
• profesor nadzwyczajny
• profesor oświaty
• profesor uczelniany
• profesor wizytujący
• profesor zwyczajny
• profesorstwo

Descendants

• → Kashubian: profesór

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), profesor is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 53 times in news, 15 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 34 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 142 times, making it the 420th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “profesor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1009

Romanian

Alternative forms

• професор (profesor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French professeur or German Professor or Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfe.sor/, /pro.feˈsor/

• Audio (female voice):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -esor, -or
• Hyphenation: po‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m (plural profesori, feminine equivalent profesoară)

1. professor
2. teacher

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	profesor	profesorul	profesori	profesorii
genitive-dative	profesor	profesorului	profesori	profesorilor
vocative	profesorule		profesorilor

See also

• educator
• învățător

Further reading

• “profesor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒfesor/

Noun

pròfesor m anim (Cyrillic spelling про̀фесор)

1. professor

Declension

Declension of profesor

	singular	plural
nominative	profesor	profesori
genitive	profesora	profesora
dative	profesoru	profesorima
accusative	profesora	profesore
vocative	profesore	profesori
locative	profesoru	profesorima
instrumental	profesorom	profesorima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔféːsɔr/

Noun

profẹ̑sor m anim

1. professor
2. teacher

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	profésor
gen. sing.	profésorja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	profésor	profésorja	profésorji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	profésorja	profésorjev	profésorjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	profésorju	profésorjema	profésorjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	profésorja	profésorja	profésorje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	profésorju	profésorjih	profésorjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	profésorjem	profésorjema	profésorji

Spanish

Alternative forms

• profe (clipping)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)

1. professor (a faculty member)

   profesores y personal ― faculty and staff

   • 2019 February 17, Francisco Martínez Hoyos, “10 idiomas que se crearon de la nada”, in La Vanguardia‎^[8]:

     El na’vi fue creación del profesor de Lingüística Paul Frommer por encargo de James Cameron, director de la película.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (especially Spain) teacher

   Synonym: maestro

Derived terms

• profesorado
• profesoral

Related terms

• profesar
• profesión
• profesional

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: propesor
• → Tagalog: propesor

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sundanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfɛ.sɔr/
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor (Sundanese script ᮕ᮪ᮛᮧᮖᮦᮞᮧᮛ᮪)

1. professor

Venetan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Italian professore).

Noun

profesor m (plural profesori) or profesor m (plural profesuri)

1. teacher
2. professor, lecturer

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

profesor m

1. professor