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profesor

See also: profesör

Asturian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/, [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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profesor m (plural profesores)

  1. teacher (a person who teaches)
    Synonyms: maestru, maestra
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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprofɛsor]
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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profesor m anim (female equivalent profesorka, related adjective profesorský)

  1. professor

Declension

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Declension of profesor (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative profesor profesoři
genitive profesora profesorů
dative profesorovi, profesoru profesorům
accusative profesora profesory
vocative profesore profesoři
locative profesorovi, profesoru profesorech
instrumental profesorem profesory

Further reading

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  • “profesor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “profesor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈs̺oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)

  1. teacher
  2. professor

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

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Noun

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profesor

  2. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
    Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru
    Hypernym: dosen
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Javanese

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Etymology

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From Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Noun

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profesor

  1. professor

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Malay

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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profesor (Jawi spelling ڤروفيسور, plural profesor-profesor, informal 1st possessive profesorku, 2nd possessive profesormu, 3rd possessive profesornya)

  1. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university)
    profesor emeritus ― honorary title for a retired professor
    • 2018 April 12, Hashim Yaacob, “Kekalkan profesor cemerlang di universiti [Keep brilliant professor(s) in university]”, in Utusan Malaysia‎[2], archived from the original on 12 April 2018:
      Oleh kerana kerja-kerja penyelidikan awal seseorang profesor itu akan terus dirujuk beberapa tahun kemudiannya, maka universiti akan terus mendapat manfaat melalui peningkatan ranking universiti, walaupun seseorang profesor itu telah bersara.
      Since the preliminary research work of a professor will continue to be referred to a few years later, therefore the university will continue to gain benefit through the improvement of its ranking, even if a particular professor has already retired.

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin professor.[1][2][3][4] First attested in the 16th century.[5]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɔr
  • Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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profesor m pers (female equivalent profesor or profesorka, diminutive profesorek, related adjective profesorski, abbreviation prof.)

  1. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
  2. teacher (an educator in secondary school)
    Synonym: nauczyciel
  3. (obsolete) old hand, master

Declension

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Declension of profesor
singular plural
nominative profesor profesorowie/profesorzy
genitive profesora profesorów
dative profesorowi profesorom
accusative profesora profesorów
instrumental profesorem profesorami
locative profesorze profesorach
vocative profesorze profesorowie/profesorzy

Noun

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profesor f (male equivalent profesor)

  1. female equivalent of profesor (“professor”) (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
    Synonym: profesorka
  2. female equivalent of profesor (“teacher”) (an educator in secondary school)
    Synonym: profesorka

Derived terms

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nouns

Descendants

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  • → Kashubian: profesór

Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), profesor is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 53 times in news, 15 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 34 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 142 times, making it the 420th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “profesor”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “profesor”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “profesor”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “profesor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “profesor”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 435

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French professeur or German Professor or Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /proˈfe.sor/, /pro.feˈsor/
  • Audio (female voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -esor, -or
  • Hyphenation: po‧fe‧sor

Noun

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profesor m (plural profesori, feminine equivalent profesoară)

  1. professor
  2. teacher

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative profesor profesorul profesori profesorii
genitive-dative profesor profesorului profesori profesorilor
vocative profesorule profesorilor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pròfesor m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фесор)

  1. professor

Declension

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Declension of profesor
singular plural
nominative profesor profesori
genitive profesora profesora
dative profesoru profesorima
accusative profesora profesore
vocative profesore profesori
locative profesoru profesorima
instrumental profesorom profesorima

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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profẹ̑sor m anim

  1. professor
  2. teacher

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. profésor
gen. sing. profésorja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		profésor profésorja profésorji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		profésorja profésorjev profésorjev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		profésorju profésorjema profésorjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		profésorja profésorja profésorje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		profésorju profésorjih profésorjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		profésorjem profésorjema profésorji

Spanish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

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profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)

  1. professor (a faculty member)
    profesores y personal ― faculty and staff
  2. (especially Spain) teacher
    Synonym: maestro

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Sundanese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /proˈfɛ.sɔr/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

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profesor

  1. professor

Venetan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Italian professore).

Noun

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profesor m (plural profesori) or profesor m (plural profesuri)

  1. teacher
  2. professor, lecturer

Vilamovian

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profesor m

  1. professor
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