professorship

English

Etymology

From professor +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

professorship (plural professorships)

1. (education) The office of a professor.
   • 1883, Oscar Wilde, “Lecture to Art Students”, in Essays and Lectures‎^[1]:

     And as regards histories of art, they are quite valueless to you unless you are seeking the ostentatious oblivion of an art professorship.

   • 2022, Claire Chwalek, No Rest for a Heartbreaker‎^[2], →ISBN:

     She earned a professorship at Los Angeles City College, and taught theatre there for two years.

Synonyms

• professorate

Related terms

• chair

Translations

the office of a professor

• Catalan: càtedra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: professorat n
• Finnish: professuuri (fi)
• German: Professur (de) f
• Hungarian: tanszék (hu)
• Irish: ollúnacht f
• Italian: professorato m, ordinariato m, cattedra (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: professorat n

  Nynorsk: professorat n

• Portuguese: professorado m, magistério (pt) m
• Spanish: cátedra (es) f
• Volapük: profäsor (vo)