professor

See also: prófessor and Professor

English

Alternative forms

professour (archaic)

Etymology

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/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

professor (plural professors)

The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor."
Synonyms: prof, Prof.
- 2014 November 22, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, “What is the difference between a research professor and a professor”, in Quora‎:
  Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years.
(US, 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.
- 1660, William Petty, Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland, p. 170/1:
  As for Religion, I have not said, much lesse meant irreverently of it, or of the Professors thereof.
- 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;
(US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:
  You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Derived terms

Terms derived from professor

absent-minded professor
adjunct professor
assistant professor
associate professor
full professor
little professor
professorial
professoriate
research professor
professorly
professorship

Descendants

→ Niuean: palōfesa

Translations

a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university

Amharic: ፕሮፌሰር (pərofesär)
Arabic: أُسْتَاذ‎ (ar) m (ʾustāḏ), (teacher) مُعَلِّم‎ (ar) m (muʿallim)
Egyptian Arabic: بروفيسور‎ m (brofesōr), بروفيسورة‎ f (brofesōra), دكتور‎ m (duktor), دكتورة‎ f (duktora)
Armenian: պրոֆեսոր (hy) (profesor)
Asturian: profesor (ast) m, profesora (ast) f
Aymara: yatichiri
Basque: irakasle (eu)
Belarusian: прафе́сар m (prafjésar)
Breton: kelenner (br) m, kelennerez (br) f
Bulgarian: профе́сор m (profésor)
Burmese: ပါမောက္ခ (my) (pamaukhka.)
Catalan: professor (ca) m, professora (ca) f
Chickasaw: pofessa'
Chinese:
Mandarin: 教授 (zh) (jiàoshòu), (teacher) 老師／老师 (zh) (lǎoshī)
Czech: profesor (cs) m
Danish: professor c
Dutch: hoogleraar (nl) m, professor (nl) m or f, prof (nl) m or f
Esperanto: profesoro
Fijian: parofesa
Finnish: professori (fi)
French: professeur (fr) m, professeure (fr) f, prof (fr) m or f, professeuse (fr) f
Galician: profesor (gl) m, profesora f
Georgian: პროფესორი (ṗropesori)
German: Professor (de) m, Professorin (de) f, Professorsgattin f (professor's wife), Prof. (de) m or f (abbrev.), Prof (de) m or f (colloquial short form), Hochschulprofessor m, Hochschulprofessorin f, Hochschullehrer (de) m, Hochschullehrerin (de) f
Greek: καθηγητής (el) m (kathigitís), καθηγήτρια (el) f (kathigítria)
Hawaiian: polopeka
Hebrew: פְּרוֹפֶסוֹר‎ (he) m (profésor), פְּרוֹפֶסוֹרִית‎ f (profesorít), פרופ׳‎ (prof.) (abbrev.)
Hindi: प्रोफ़ेसर m (profesar), प्राध्यापक (hi) m (prādhyāpak)
Hungarian: professzor (hu)
Icelandic: prófessor m, háskólakennari m
Interlingua: professor
Irish: ollamh m
Italian: professore (it) m
Japanese: 教授 (ja) (きょうじゅ, kyōju), (teacher) 先生 (ja) (せんせい, sensei)
Javanese: guru ageng, profesor
Khmer: សាស្ត្រចារ្យ (saahstraacaa), លោកគ្រូ (look kruu)
Korean: 교수(敎授) (ko) (gyosu), (teacher) 선생(先生) (ko) (seonsaeng)
Lao: ສາດສະດາຈານ (lo) (sāt sa dā chān), ອາຈານ (ʼā chān)
Latin: professor m
Latvian: profesors m
Lithuanian: profesorius m
Low German:
German Low German: Professer m, Professerin f, Professersch f, Professersche f, Professorin (nds) f, Professoorsch f, Professoorsche f
Macedonian: професор m (profesor), професорка f (profesorka)
Malay: mahaguru
Maltese: professur m
Maori: ahorangi, toihuarewa
Pashto: پوهاند‎ (ps) m (pohānd)
Persian: استاد‎ (fa) (ostâd), پروفسور‎ (fa) (profesor)
Polish: profesor (pl) m, profesorka (pl)
Portuguese: professor (pt) m, professora (pt) f
Romanian: profesor (ro) m, profesoară (ro) f
Russian: профе́ссор (ru) m (proféssor)
Samoan: polofesa
Scottish Gaelic: (head of department) àrd-ollamh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀фесор m
Roman: pròfesor (sh) m, profesòrica (sh) f
Sicilian: prufissuri (scn) m
Slovak: profesor m
Slovene: profesor (sl) m, profesorica f
Somali: barfasoor
Spanish: profesor (es) m, profesora (es) f
Sundanese: profesor
Swahili: profesa
Swedish: lärare (sv) m, lärarinna (sv) f, lektor (sv) c, adjunkt (sv) c, föreläsare (sv) c, professor (sv) c, professorska (sv) c (professor's wife)
Tagalog: propesor, dalubguro, Dgro.
Tajik: олим (olim)
Thai: ศาสตราจารย์ (th) (sàat-dtraa-jaan)
Tongan: palofesa, palōfesa
Turkish: profesör (tr), hoca (tr)
Ukrainian: профе́сор (uk) m (profésor)
Urdu: پروفیسر‎ m (profesar), پرادھیاپک‎ m (prādhyāpak)
Uyghur: پروفېسسور‎ (profëssor)
Venetian: profesor (vec) m
Vietnamese: giáo sư (vi) (教師)
Volapük: (♂♀) profäsoran (vo)
Welsh: proffeswr m
Yakut: бэрэпиэссэр (berepiesser)
Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסאָר‎ m (profesor), פּראָפֿעסאָרין‎ f (profesorin), פּראָפֿעסאָרקע‎ f (profesorke), פּראָפֿ׳‎ m or f (prof') (abbrev.)

a teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank

Bulgarian: преподавател (bg) m (prepodavatel)
Hungarian: kinevezett tanár/előadó/oktató

one who professes (a faith or religion)

Bulgarian: изповядващ (bg) m (izpovjadvašt)
German: Bekenner (de) m, Bekennerin f
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} hitvalló

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		профессор
Perso-Arabic		پروفئسسور‎

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

professor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar)

professor

Declension

Declension of professor
	singular	plural
nominative	professor	professorlar
definite accusative	professoru	professorları
dative	professora	professorlara
locative	professorda	professorlarda
ablative	professordan	professorlardan
definite genitive	professorun	professorların

Possessive forms of professor
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professorum	professorlarım
sənin (“your”)	professorun	professorların
onun (“his/her/its”)	professoru	professorları
bizim (“our”)	professorumuz	professorlarımız
sizin (“your”)	professorunuz	professorlarınız
onların (“their”)	professoru or professorları	professorları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professorumu	professorlarımı
sənin (“your”)	professorunu	professorlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	professorunu	professorlarını
bizim (“our”)	professorumuzu	professorlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	professorunuzu	professorlarınızı
onların (“their”)	professorunu or professorlarını	professorlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professoruma	professorlarıma
sənin (“your”)	professoruna	professorlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	professoruna	professorlarına
bizim (“our”)	professorumuza	professorlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	professorunuza	professorlarınıza
onların (“their”)	professoruna or professorlarına	professorlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professorumda	professorlarımda
sənin (“your”)	professorunda	professorlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	professorunda	professorlarında
bizim (“our”)	professorumuzda	professorlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	professorunuzda	professorlarınızda
onların (“their”)	professorunda or professorlarında	professorlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professorumdan	professorlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	professorundan	professorlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	professorundan	professorlarından
bizim (“our”)	professorumuzdan	professorlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	professorunuzdan	professorlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	professorundan or professorlarından	professorlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	professorumun	professorlarımın
sənin (“your”)	professorunun	professorlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	professorunun	professorlarının
bizim (“our”)	professorumuzun	professorlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	professorunuzun	professorlarınızın
onların (“their”)	professorunun or professorlarının	professorlarının

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾo.fəˈso/

(Central) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fəˈso/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsoɾ/

Noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)

professor
teacher
Synonyms: mestre, ensenyant

Derived terms

professorat

Related terms

professar
professió

Danish

Noun

professor c (singular definite professoren, plural indefinite professorer)

professor

Declension

Declension of professor

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	professor	professoren	professorer	professorerne
genitive	professors	professorens	professorers	professorernes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌproːˈfɛ.sɔr/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor

Noun

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

professor

Synonyms

hoogleraar

Derived terms

professoraal
professoraat
professorschap

Latin

Etymology

From professus, from profiteor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [prɔˈfɛs̠ːɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfes.sor/, [proˈfɛsːor]

Noun

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

teacher, professor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	professor	professōrēs
Genitive	professōris	professōrum
Dative	professōrī	professōribus
Accusative	professōrem	professōrēs
Ablative	professōre	professōribus
Vocative	professor	professōrēs

Descendants

Asturian: profesor
Catalan: professor
→ Danish: professor
- → Icelandic: prófessor
German: Professor
English: professor
- → Malay: profesor
Spanish: profesor
French: professeur
Galician: profesor
→ Indonesian: profesor
Italian: professore
Maltese: professur
Occitan: professor
Portuguese: professor
- Kabuverdianu: profesor
Romanian: profesor
Russian: профе́ссор (proféssor)
Sicilian: prufissuri
Swedish: professor
Venetian: profesor

References

“professor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
professor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin professor.

Noun

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

professor, the highest academic rank at a university

Derived terms

Terms derived from professor

forskningsprofessor
professorat

References

“professor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“professor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

From Latin professor.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

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

teacher (person teaches professionally)

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsoʁ/ [pɾo.feˈsoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsoʁ/ [pɾo.feˈsoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fɨˈsoɾ/

Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sor

Noun

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

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:professor.

Derived terms

professorzinho (diminutive), professorinho (diminutive) (dated)
professorzão (augmentative)
professorado
professorar

Related terms

professo
professar

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: profesor

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

professor c (feminine: professorska (dated))

professor;[1] the highest academic rank at a university

Declension

Declension of professor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	professor	professorn	professorer	professorerna
Genitive	professors	professorns	professorers	professorernas

Derived terms

forskningsprofessor
adjungerad professor
biträdande professor
hedersprofessor
gästprofessor
profession
professor emeritus
professorstjänst
professur

References

Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	профессор (professor)‍
Latin	professor‍
Perso-Arabic

Noun

professor (plural professorlar)

professor

[1] Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

professor

English

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Azerbaijani

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Catalan

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Noun

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Danish

Noun

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Dutch

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Latin

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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Occitan

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Noun

Portuguese

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Descendants

Swedish

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Noun

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References

Uzbek

Noun