professeur
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin professor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
professeur m (plural professeurs, feminine professeure or professeuse)
- teacher
- Professeur de français, professeur de mathématiques.
- French teacher, Maths teacher.
- professor
- Le conseil de faculté comprend les professeurs titulaires et a notamment pour fonction de présenter des candidats aux chaires vacantes.
- The faculty council comprises tenured professors and has the particular function of presenting candidates for vacant chairs.
Usage notes[edit]
- The word is often used for a female teacher as well, retaining masculine agreement or in such forms of address as Madame le Professeur (with feminine agreement). With apocope, la prof is quite frequent.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “professeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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