profesor

See also: profesör

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/, [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]

Noun

profesor m (plural profesores)

1. teacher (person who teaches)

   Synonyms: maestru, maestra

Related terms

• profesión

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofɛsor]
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m anim (feminine profesorka, related 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, 1935–1957
• profesor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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

1. teacher
2. professor

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profèsor (plural para profèsor, profèsor-profèsor, first-person possessive profesorku, second-person possessive profesormu, third-person possessive profesornya)

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

   Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru

   Hypernym: dosen

   • 2017 November 13, “158 Dosen Berpeluang Jadi Profesor [158 Lecturers Have a Chance to Become A Professor]”, in Suara Merdeka‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2018:

     Dalam kesempatan itu, Amshari meminta semangat meraih fungsional dosen tertinggi berupa profesor itu menjadi budaya.

     On that occasion, Amshari asks for the spirit of achieving the highest position of a lecturer in the form of a professor to become a culture.

2. (education) senior teacher, lecturer or researcher working at an institution of higher education

See also

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

Further reading

• “profesor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Noun

profesor

1. professor

Synonyms

• guru ageng

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English professor, from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (compare Indonesian profesor).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profesor (Jawi spelling ڤروفيسور‎, plural profesor-profesor, informal 1st possessive profesorku, 2nd possessive profesormu, 3rd possessive profesornya)

1. professor (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^[2], 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 (“person who has attained a doctorate”)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

profesor m pers (diminutive profesorek, feminine profesorka)

1. professor (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

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

Derived terms

adjective

• profesorski

 

noun

• profesorstwo

 

Further reading

• profesor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• profesor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French professeur or German Professor or Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profesor m (plural profesori, feminine equivalent profesoară)

1. professor
2. teacher

Declension

Declension of profesor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) profesor	profesorul	(niște) profesori	profesorii
genitive/dative	(unui) profesor	profesorului	(unor) profesori	profesorilor
vocative	profesorule		profesorilor

See also

• educator
• învățător

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pròfesor m (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

Inflection

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (especially Spain) teacher

   Synonym: maestro

2. professor, faculty member

   profesores y personal ― faculty and staff

Derived terms

• profesorado
• profesoral

 

Related terms

• profesar

 

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sundanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profesor

1. professor

Venetian

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