professor

== English == === Alternative forms === professour (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English professor, professour, from Anglo-Norman proffessur and its etymon Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). By surface analysis, profess +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛs.ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfes.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ) === Noun === professor (plural professors) The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution. Synonyms: prof, Prof. (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. 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; (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. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== professorial profestrix regius professor, Regius professor, Regius Professor ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Internationalism; ultimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === professor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar) professor ==== Declension ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin professōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [pɾu.fəˈsu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈso] IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.fəˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pɾo.feˈso] === Noun === professor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professores) professor teacher Synonyms: mestre, ensenyant (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], April 2007 “professor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “professor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “professor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Danish == === Noun === professor c (singular definite professoren, plural indefinite professorer) 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) 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 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 (16 July 2016 (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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prʊ.ˈfɛ.sʊr/ === 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 === Derived from Latin professor. === Noun === professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane) 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) teacher (a person who teaches professionally) == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin professor. === Noun === professor m (plural professores) teacher; professor ==== Descendants ==== Fala: profesol Galician: profesor Portuguese: professor === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “professor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “professor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “professor”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese professor, a learned borrowing from Latin professor, from professus or -tor. === 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) teacher (a person who teaches professionally) Synonyms: docente (chiefly in academic contexts), mestre (dated), educador (has an affectionate or poetic undertone) (Brazil, soccer, slang) coach Synonym: treinador ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== professo professar ==== Descendants ==== Kabuverdianu: profesor Macanese: (from professora) sora === Further reading === “professor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “professor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === professor c (feminine: professorska (dated)) 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) professor