profesor

See also: profesör

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profesor m (plural profesores)

1. teacher (a person who teaches)

   Synonyms: maestru, maestra

Related terms

• profesión

 

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. professor

Declension

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

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• professor (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. teacher
2. professor

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/
• Rhymes: -sɔr, -ɔr
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor

2. professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)

   Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru

   Hypernym: dosen

Related terms

• profesi
• profesional
• profesionalisme
• profesionalitas

 

References

• “profesor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

profesor

1. professor

Synonyms

• ꦒꦸꦫꦸꦲꦒꦼꦁ (guru ageng)

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro.fe.so(r)/
• Rhymes: -o(r)

Noun

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”, 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.

Hypernyms

• pensyarah (“lecturer”)

Related terms

• profesor madya (“associate professor”)

See also

• doktor (“a person who has attained a doctorate”)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/, /prɔˈfɛ.sor/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɔr
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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

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

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

nouns

• profesor belwederski
• profesor nadzwyczajny
• profesor oświaty
• profesor uczelniany
• profesor wizytujący
• profesor zwyczajny
• profesorstwo

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: profesór

Trivia

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.

Further reading

• profesor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• profesor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1009

Romanian

Alternative forms

• професор (profesor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French professeur or German Professor or Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfe.sor/, /pro.feˈsor/

• Audio (female voice):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -esor, -or
• Hyphenation: po‧fe‧sor

Noun

profesor m (plural profesori, feminine equivalent profesoară)

1. professor
2. teacher

Declension

Declension of profesor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) profesor	profesorul	(niște) profesori	profesorii
genitive/dative	(unui) profesor	profesorului	(unor) profesori	profesorilor
vocative	profesorule		profesorilor

See also

• educator
• învățător

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒfesor/

Noun

pròfesor m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фесор)

1. professor

Declension

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔféːsɔr/

Noun

profẹ̑sor m anim

1. professor
2. teacher

Inflection

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

Noun

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

Derived terms

• profesorado
• profesoral

 

Related terms

• profesar
• profesión
• profesional

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: propesor
• → Tagalog: propesor

Further reading

• “profesor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Sundanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

profesor

1. professor

Venetan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Italian professore).

Noun

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

1. teacher
2. professor, lecturer

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

profesor m

1. professor