profestrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Contemporary Latin profestrīx. By surface analysis, profess +‎ -trix. === Noun === profestrix (plural profestrices) (rare) A female professor. Synonyms: (archaic) professoress, (rare, dated) professorine ==== Usage notes ==== Chiefly used with emerita (feminine of emeritus), owing to professor emerita being considered incorrect because professor is masculine in Latin. == Latin == === Etymology === From profiteor, professum (“to declare publicly”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔˈfɛs.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈfɛs.triks] === Noun === profestrīx f (genitive profestrīcis, masculine professor); third declension (Contemporary Latin) female equivalent of professor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun.