professor
English
Alternative forms
- professour (archaic)
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
professor (plural professors)
- The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.
- 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, 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 2007, p. 415:
- You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:
- The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
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Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | профессор | |
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Abjad | پروفئسسور |
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”).
Noun
professor (definite accusative professornu, plural professorlar)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | professor | professorlar |
definite accusative | professoru | professorları |
dative | professora | professorlara |
locative | professorda | professorlarda |
ablative | professordan | professorlardan |
definite genitive | professorun | professorların |
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin professor.
Pronunciation
Noun
professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “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.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor
Noun
professor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n)
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From professus, from profiteor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [prɔˈfɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [proˈfɛsːor]
Noun
professor m (genitive professōris, feminine profestrix); third declension
Declension
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
- Asturian: profesor
- Catalan: professor
- German: Professor
- English: professor
- → Malay: profesor
- Spanish: profesor
- French: professeur
- Galician: profesor
- → Indonesian: profesor
- Italian: professore
- Occitan: professor
- Portuguese: professor
- Romanian: profesor
- Russian: профе́ссор (proféssor)
- Sicilian: prufissuri
- Swedish: professor
- Venetian: profesor
References
- “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
Etymology
Noun
professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorer, definite plural professorene)
- professor, the highest academic rank at a university
Derived terms
References
- “professor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “professor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane)
- professor, the highest academic rank at a university
Related terms
References
- “professor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
professor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)
- teacher (person teaches professionally)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin professor.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor
Noun
professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:professor.
Derived terms
- professorzinho (diminutive), professorinho (diminutive, dated)
- professorzão (augmentative)
- professorado
- professorar
Related terms
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: profesor
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
professor c (feminine: professorska (dated))
Declension
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
- forskningsprofessor
- adjungerad professor
- biträdande professor
- hedersprofessor
- gästprofessor
- profession
- professor emeritus
- professorstjänst
- professur
See also
References
- ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
Uzbek
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | профессор (professor) |
Latin | professor |
Perso-Arabic |
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professor (plural professorlar)
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