professor

professor

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English

Alternative forms

  • professour (archaic)

Etymology

Derived from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛsə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛsɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

professor (plural professors)

  2. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
    Synonyms: prof, Prof.
  3. (US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
  4. (archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
    • 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;
  5. (obsolete) A practitioner, one who (publicly) practises or teaches an art or skill.
    • 1592, Robert Green, The Thirde & Last Part of Conny-catching, Bodleian Library (Malone 575), London: John Lane. Reprinted in 1923, Harrison, G. B. (ed.), The Bodley Head Quartos III, Plainstow, Great Britain: Curwen Press, p. 29
      Two young men of familiar acquaintance [...] were one euening at a common Inne of this town (as I haue heard) where the one of them shewed his skill on the Virginals, to the no little contentement of the hearers. Nowe as diuers guests of the house came into the room to listen, so among the rest entered an artificiall Conny-catcher, who as occasion serued, in the time of ceissing betweene the seueral toyes and fancies hee plaid: very much commended his cunning, quicke hand, and such qualities praiseworthy in such a professour.
  6. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
  7. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → 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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

professor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar)

  1. professor

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin professōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.fəˈso]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈso]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]

Noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)

  1. professor
  2. teacher
    Synonyms: mestre, ensenyant
  3. (music) musician (in an orchestra)

Derived terms

  • professorat

Related terms

  • professar
  • professió

Further reading

  • “professor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “professor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “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

Noun

professor c (singular definite professoren, plural indefinite professorer)

  1. professor

Declension

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: prófessor

Further reading

  • “professor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌproːˈfɛ.sɔr/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor

Noun

professor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n)

  1. 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

  • hoogleraar

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: profesor
  • → Javanese: profesor

Latin

Etymology

    From professus, from profiteor.

    Pronunciation

    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔˈfɛs.sɔr]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈfɛs.sor]

    Noun

    professor m (genitive professōris, feminine profestrīx); third declension

    1. teacher, professor

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    Descendants

    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

    Derived from Latin professor.

    Noun

    professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorer, definite plural professorene)

    1. 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

    Derived from Latin professor.

    Noun

    professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane)

    1. professor (the highest academic rank at a university)

    Related terms

    • professorat

    References

    • “professor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Occitan

    Etymology

    Derived from Latin professor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    professor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

    1. teacher (a person who teaches professionally)

    Old Galician-Portuguese

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

      Noun

      professor m (plural *professores)

      1. (hapax legomenon) teacher; professor

      Descendants

      • Fala: profesol
      • Galician: profesor
      • Portuguese: professor

      References

      • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “professor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
      • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “professor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

      Portuguese

      Etymology

        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese professor, borrowed from Latin professor.

        Pronunciation

        • Homophone: professou (non-rhotic accents)
        • Rhymes: (Brazil) -oʁ, (Portugal) -oɾ
        • Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor

        Noun

        professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

        1. teacher (a person who teaches professionally)
          Synonyms: docente (chiefly in academic contexts), mestre (dated), educador (has an affectionate or poetic undertone)
        2. (Brazil, soccer, slang) coach
          Synonym: treinador

        Derived terms

        Related terms

        • professo
        • professar

        Descendants

        • Kabuverdianu: profesor
        • Macanese: (from professora) sora

        Swedish

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        professor c (feminine: professorska (dated))

        1. professor (the highest academic rank at a university);

        Declension

        Derived terms

        See also

        References

        Uzbek

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Russian профе́ссор (proféssor).

        Noun

        professor (plural professorlar)

        1. professor

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