profess

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• UK: /pɹəˈfɛs/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 F EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profitērī, from pro- + fatērī (“to confess, acknowledge”).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hungarian: szerzetesi fogadalmat tesz — to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone)
• Arabic: اِنْتَحَلَ (intaḥala) — to admit to a religious order
• Bulgarian: приемам (priemam) — to admit to a religious order
• Czech: vyznávat — to admit to a religious order
• Czech: hlásit se — to admit to a religious order
• German: sich bekennen — to admit to a religious order
• Hungarian: szerzetesrendbe befogad — to admit to a religious order
• Italian: professare — to admit to a religious order
• Polish: wyznawać — to admit to a religious order
• Slovak: vyznávať — to admit to a religious order
• Slovak: hlásiť sa — to admit to a religious order
• Bulgarian: признавам (priznavam) — (reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)
• Finnish: julistautua — (reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)
• Finnish: tunnustautua — (reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)
• German: sich zu etwas bekennen — (reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)
• Hungarian: vallja magát (...-nak/...-nek) — (reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)
• Bulgarian: заявявам (zajavjavam) — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Czech: tvrdit — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Czech: prohlašovat — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Finnish: julistaa — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Finnish: väittää — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Hungarian: vall — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Hungarian: állít — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Hungarian: kijelent — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Latin: profiteor — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Russian: провозглашать (provozglašatʹ) — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Turkish: bir şeyi itiraf etmek — to declare; to assert; to affirm
• Arabic: دَرَّسَ (darrasa) — to work as a professor of; to teach
• Finnish: opettaa — to work as a professor of; to teach
• Hungarian: oktat — to work as a professor of; to teach
• Hungarian: tanít — to work as a professor of; to teach
• Russian: преподава́ть (prepodavátʹ) — to work as a professor of; to teach
• Spanish: profesar — to work as a professor of; to teach