professer
French
Etymology
Influenced by professeur, from Latin profiteor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/, /pʁɔ.fe.se/
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Verb
professer
- to profess
- Les Grecs purent reconnaître combien le gouvernement républicain, lorsqu'il ne professe pas un grand respect pour les droits individuels, se change facilement en despotisme. (Fustel de Coul., Cité antique, 1864)
Conjugation
Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | professer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | professant /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | professé /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professes /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɔ̃/ | professez /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ | professent /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
| imperfect | professais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ | professais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ | professait /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ | professions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sjɔ̃/ | professiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sje/ | professaient /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | professai /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ | professas /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ | professa /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ | professâmes /pʁɔ.fɛ.sam/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sam/ | professâtes /pʁɔ.fɛ.sat/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sat/ | professèrent /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | professerai /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁe/ | professeras /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁa/ | professera /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁa/ | professerons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɔ̃/ | professerez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁe/ | professeront /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | professerais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ | professerais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ | professerait /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ | professerions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | professeriez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sə.ʁje/ | professeraient /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professes /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | professions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sjɔ̃/ | professiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sje/ | professent /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | professasse /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/ | professasses /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/ | professât /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ | professassions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | professassiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa.sje/ | professassent /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ | — | professons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɔ̃/ | professez /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “professer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
professer
- to strive for; to aspire to
- (Christianity, chiefly in the passive voice) to profess (administer the vows of a religious order)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | professer | avoir professé | |||||
| gerund | en professant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | professant | ||||||
| past participle | professé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | profes | professes | professe | professons | professez | professent |
| imperfect | professoie, professeie, professoe, professeve | professoies, professeies, professoes, professeves | professoit, professeit, professot, professeve | professiiens, professiens | professiiez, professiez | professoient, professeient, professoent, professevent | |
| preterite | professai | professas | professa | professames | professastes | professerent | |
| future | professerai | professeras | professera | professerons | professeroiz, professereiz, professerez | professeront | |
| conditional | professeroie, professereie | professeroies, professereies | professeroit, professereit | professeriiens, professeriens | professeriiez, professeriez | professeroient, professereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | profes | profes | profest | professons | professez | professent |
| imperfect | professasse | professasses | professast | professissons, professissiens | professissoiz, professissez, professissiez | professassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | professe | — | professons | professez | — | ||
References
- professer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub