professor
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛsə/
Audio (UK): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛsɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]professor (plural professors)
- The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
- 2014 November 22, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, “What is the difference between a research professor and a professor”, in Quora[1]:
- Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years.
- (US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
- (archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
- 1660, William Petty, Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland, p. 170/1:
- As for Religion, I have not said, much lesse meant irreverently of it, or of the Professors thereof.
- 1897, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Introduction, p. v:
- This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;
- (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 415:
- You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
- The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
Derived terms
[edit]- absent-minded professor
- adjunct professor
- assistant professor
- associate professor
- distinguished professor
- extraordinary professor
- full professor
- institute professor
- James B. Duke professor
- little professor
- mad professor
- president's professor
- professorial
- professoriate
- professorly
- professor ordinarius
- Professor's Cube
- professorship
- regents' professor
- regents professor
- Regius professor
- regius professor
- research professor
- Sterling professor
- university professor
- visiting professor
Descendants
[edit]- → Chickasaw: pofessa'
- → Fijian: parofesa
- → Hawaiian: polopeka
- → Hindi: प्रोफ़ेसर (profesar)
- → Malay: profesor
- → Niuean: palōfesa
- → Samoan: polofesa
- → Swahili: profesa
- → Tok Pisin: profesa
- → Tongan: palofesa
- → Urdu: پروفیسر (profesar)
Translations
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Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | профессор | |
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Abjad | پروفئسسور |
Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; ultimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]professor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of professor | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | professor |
professorlar | ||||||
definite accusative | professoru |
professorları | ||||||
dative | professora |
professorlara | ||||||
locative | professorda |
professorlarda | ||||||
ablative | professordan |
professorlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | professorun |
professorların |
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin professōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “professor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “professor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “professor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “professor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]professor c (singular definite professoren, plural indefinite professorer)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | professor | professoren | professorer | professorerne |
genitive | professors | professorens | professorers | professorernes |
Descendants
[edit]- → Icelandic: prófessor
Further reading
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]professor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n)
- professor
- Dr. Van Der Meulen is een gerespecteerde professor aan de Universiteit van Utrecht. ― Dr. Van Der Meulen is a respected professor at Utrecht University.
- De professor heeft zijn nieuwste onderzoek gepubliceerd in een internationaal tijdschrift. ― The professor published his latest research in an international journal.
- De professor is gespecialiseerd in moleculaire biologie. ― The professor specializes in molecular biology.
Synonyms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From professus, from profiteor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [prɔˈfɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [proˈfɛsːor]
Noun
[edit]professor m (genitive professōris, feminine profestrīx); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | professor | professōrēs |
Genitive | professōris | professōrum |
Dative | professōrī | professōribus |
Accusative | professōrem | professōrēs |
Ablative | professōre | professōribus |
Vocative | professor | professōrēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: profesor
- Catalan: professor
- Dalmatian: professáur
- French: professeur
- → Turkish: profesör
- Galician: profesor
- Italian: professore
- Occitan: professor
- Portuguese: professor
- Kabuverdianu: profesor
- Macanese: (from professora) sora
- Romanian: profesor
- Sicilian: prufissuri
- Spanish: profesor
- Venetian: profesor
- → Azerbaijani: professor
- → Belarusian: прафе́сар (prafjésar)
- → Bulgarian: профе́сор (profésor)
- → Czech: profesor
- → Danish: professor
- → Icelandic: prófessor
- → Dutch: professor
- → Egyptian Arabic: بروفيسور (brūfisūr)
- → English: professor, professour (archaic)
- → Esperanto: profesoro
- → Finnish: professori
- → Georgian: პროფესორი (ṗropesori)
- → German: Professor
- → Hebrew: פְּרוֹפֶסוֹר (profésor)
- → Hungarian: professzor
- → Indonesian: profesor
- → Javanese: profesor
- → Latgalian: profesors
- → Latvian: profesors
- → Lithuanian: profesorius
- → Macedonian: про́фесор (prófesor)
- → Maltese: professur
- → Persian: پروفسور (profesor)
- → Polish: profesor
- → Russian: профе́ссор (proféssor), профе́ссоръ (proféssor) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Armenian: պրոֆեսոր (profesor)
- → Kazakh: профессор (professor)
- → Uyghur: پروفېسسور (profëssor)
- → Uzbek: professor
- → Yakut: бэрэпиэссэр (berepiesser)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: profesor
- → Slovene: profesor
- → Sundanese: profesor
- → Swedish: professor, professur
- → Ukrainian: профе́сор (profésor)
- → Vilamovian: profesor
- → Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסאָר (profesor)
References
[edit]- “professor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- professor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorer, definite plural professorene)
- professor (the highest academic rank at a university)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “professor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “professor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane)
- professor (the highest academic rank at a university)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “professor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]professor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)
- teacher (a person who teaches professionally)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin professor.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor
Noun
[edit]professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:professor.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Kabuverdianu: profesor
- Macanese: (from professora) sora
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]professor c (feminine: professorska (dated))
Declension
[edit]Declension of professor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | professor | professorn | professorer | professorerna |
Genitive | professors | professorns | professorers | professorernas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
Uzbek
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Cyrillic | профессор |
Latin | professor |
Perso-Arabic |
Noun
[edit]professor (plural professorlar)
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