profession

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹəˈfeʃ.ən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin profiteor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin professiōnembor. Old French professionbor. Anglo-Norman professiounbor. Middle English professioun English profession From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вероизповеда́ние (veroizpovedánie) — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Dutch: professie — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Finnish: uskontunnustus — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Finnish: julistus — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Finnish: vakuutus — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• French: profession — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• German: Bekenntnis — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Greek: ομολογία (omología) — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Romanian: profesiune de credință — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Russian: вероиспове́дание (veroispovédanije) — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Spanish: profesión — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Telugu: విశ్వాసం (viśvāsaṁ) — declaration of faith, belief or opinion
• Albanian: profesion — occupation
• Albanian: xajë — occupation
• Arabic: مِهْنَة (mihna) — occupation
• Arabic: وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa) — occupation
• Arabic: مهنة (mihna) — occupation
• Armenian: մասնագիտություն (masnagitutʻyun) — occupation
• Assamese: পেছা (pesa) — occupation
• Azerbaijani: peşə — occupation
• Azerbaijani: ixtisas — occupation
• Azerbaijani: məslək — occupation
• Bashkir: профессия (professiya) — occupation
• Bashkir: һөнәр (hönər) — occupation
• Belarusian: прафе́сія (prafjésija) — occupation
• Belarusian: фах (fax) — occupation
• Belarusian: заня́так (zanjátak) — occupation
• Belarusian: заня́цце (zanjáccje) — occupation
• Belarusian: заня́цьце (zanjácʹcje) — occupation
• Bengali: পেশা (peśa) — occupation
• Bulgarian: профе́сия (profésija) — occupation
• Bulgarian: заня́тие (zanjátie) — occupation
• Burmese: အလုပ်အကိုင် (a.lup-a.kuing) — occupation
• Burmese: အလုပ် (a.lup) — occupation
• Carpathian Rusyn: профе́сія (profésija) — occupation
• Catalan: professió — occupation
• Catalan: ofici — occupation
• Chechen: корматалла (kormatalla) — occupation
• Chinese Cantonese: 職業 /职业 (zik1 jip6) — occupation
• Chinese Cantonese: 行業 /行业 (hong4 jip6) — occupation
• Eastern Min Chinese: 職業 /职业 (cék-ngiĕk) — occupation
• Chinese Mandarin: 職業 /职业 (zhíyè) — occupation
• Chinese Mandarin: 行業 /行业 (hángyè) — occupation
• Wu Chinese: 職業 /职业 (7tseq-gniq8) — occupation
• Czech: povolání — occupation
• Czech: profese — occupation
• Danish: erhverv — occupation
• Danish: fag — occupation
• Danish: profession — occupation
• Danish: livsstilling — occupation
• Dutch: beroep — occupation
• Dutch: professie — occupation
• Esperanto: profesio — occupation
• Estonian: amet — occupation
• Estonian: elukutse — occupation
• Finnish: ammatti — occupation
• French: profession — occupation
• French: métier — occupation
• Galician: profesión — occupation
• Georgian: პროფესია (ṗropesia) — occupation
• Georgian: სპეციალობა (sṗecialoba) — occupation
• Georgian: ხელობა (xeloba) — occupation
• Georgian: საქმიანობა (sakmianoba) — occupation
• German: Beruf — occupation
• German: Profession — occupation
• Greek: επάγγελμα (epángelma) — occupation
• Ancient Greek: ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) — occupation
• Hebrew: מִקְצוֹעַ (miktsóa) — occupation
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָה (misrá) — occupation
• Hindi: पेशा (peśā) — occupation
• Hindi: वृत्ति (vŕtti) — occupation
• Hindi: व्यवसाय (vyavsāy) — occupation
• Hindi: व्यवहार (vyavhār) — occupation
• Hungarian: foglalkozás — occupation
• Hungarian: hivatás — occupation
• Hungarian: szakma — occupation
• Hungarian: mesterség — occupation
• Icelandic: atvinna — occupation
• Indonesian: profesi — occupation
• Ingrian: ammatti — occupation
• Irish: gairm — occupation
• Italian: professione — occupation
• Japanese: 職業 (shokugyō) — occupation
• Kannada: ವೃತ್ತಿ (vṛtti) — occupation
• Kazakh: мамандық (mamandyq) — occupation
• Kazakh: кәсіп (käsıp) — occupation
• Khmer: វិជ្ជាជីវៈ (vicciəciivĕəʼ) — occupation
• Khmer: អម្រស់ (ʼɑmrɑh) — occupation
• Korean: 직업 (jigeop) — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: pîşe — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: meslek — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: mihne — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: hokar — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: kariyer — occupation
• Northern Kurdish: profesyon — occupation
• Kyrgyz: профессия (professiya) — occupation
• Kyrgyz: кесип (kesip) — occupation
• Lao: ອາຊີບ (ʼā sīp) — occupation
• Lao: ວິຊາຊີບ (wi sā sīp) — occupation
• Latvian: amats — occupation
• Latvian: profesija — occupation
• Lithuanian: profesija — occupation
• Macedonian: професија (profesija) — occupation
• Macedonian: занимање (zanimanje) — occupation
• Malay: profesion — occupation
• Malayalam: തൊഴിൽ (toḻil) — occupation
• Maltese: professjoni — occupation
• Māori: umanga — occupation
• Mongolian: мэргэжил (mergežil) — occupation
• Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠷᠭᠡᠵᠢᠯ (mergeǰil) — occupation
• Norwegian Bokmål: yrke — occupation
• Norwegian Bokmål: profesjon — occupation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: yrke — occupation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: profesjon — occupation
• Odia: ବୃତ୍ତି (brutti) — occupation
• Oromo: ogummaa — occupation
• Pashto: مسلک (maslak) — occupation
• Pashto: پېشه (peša) — occupation
• Pashto: کسب (kasb) — occupation
• Pashto: ورهڼه (warhǝṇa) — occupation
• Pashto: حرفه (herfa) — occupation
• Dari: پیشَه (pēša) — occupation
• Dari: حِرْفَه (hirfa) — occupation
• Dari: کَسْب (kasb) — occupation
• Dari: شُغْل (šuġl) — occupation
• Iranian Persian: پیشِه (piše) — occupation
• Iranian Persian: حِرْفِه (herfe) — occupation
• Iranian Persian: کَسْب (kasb) — occupation
• Iranian Persian: شُغْل (šoġl) — occupation
• Polish: zawód — occupation
• Polish: fach — occupation
• Portuguese: profissão — occupation
• Romanian: profesie — occupation
• Romanian: meserie — occupation
• Romanian: profesiune — occupation
• Romanian: meșteșug — occupation
• Russian: профе́ссия (proféssija) — occupation
• Russian: заня́тие (zanjátije) — occupation
• Kildin-Sami: профессья (profjess’ja) — occupation
• Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd — occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: профѐсија — occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: зани́ма̄ње — occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: profèsija — occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: zanímānje — occupation
• Sinhalese: වෘත්තිය (wr̥ttiya) — occupation
• Slovak: povolanie — occupation
• Slovak: profesia — occupation
• Slovene: poklic — occupation
• Spanish: profesión — occupation
• Swedish: yrke — occupation
• Swedish: fack — occupation
• Swedish: profession — occupation
• Swedish: gebit — occupation
• Tagalog: panungkulan — occupation
• Tagalog: propesyon — occupation
• Tajik: касб (kasb) — occupation
• Tajik: пеша (peša) — occupation
• Tajik: ҳунар (hunar) — occupation
• Tajik: ихтисос (ixtisos) — occupation
• Tajik: ҳирфа (hirfa) — occupation
• Tajik: шуғл (šuġl) — occupation
• Tamil: தொழில் (toḻil) — occupation
• Tatar: һөнәр (hönär) — occupation
• Telugu: వృత్తి (vr̥tti) — occupation
• Thai: อาชีพ (aa-chîip) — occupation
• Tibetan: ལས་རིགས — occupation
• Turkish: meslek — occupation
• Turkmen: kesp — occupation
• Turkmen: hünär — occupation
• Turkmen: kär — occupation
• Ukrainian: профе́сія (profésija) — occupation
• Ukrainian: фах (fax) — occupation
• Ukrainian: заня́ття (zanjáttja) — occupation
• Urdu: پیشَہ (peśa) — occupation
• Urdu: شُغْل (śuġl) — occupation
• Uyghur: كەسىپ (kesip) — occupation
• Uzbek: kasb — occupation
• Uzbek: hunar — occupation
• Vietnamese: nghề — occupation
• Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp — occupation
• Volapük: cal — occupation
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסיע (profesye) — occupation
• Finnish: ammattikunta — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Finnish: professio — practitioners of a profession collectively
• French: profession — practitioners of a profession collectively
• French: corps de métier — practitioners of a profession collectively
• German: Fachwelt — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Greek: ομότεχνοι (omótechnoi) — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Greek: επάγγελμα (epángelma) — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Romanian: profesie — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Slovak: profesia — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Spanish: gremio — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Telugu: వృత్తి (vr̥tti) — practitioners of a profession collectively
• Bulgarian: обе́т (obét) — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Finnish: lupaus — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• French: profession — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• German: Profess — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• German: Gelübde — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Greek: ομολογία (omología) — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Greek: διακύρηξη (diakýrixi) — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Romanian: profesiune de credință — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Romanian: jurământ — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Romanian: legământ — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Russian: обе́т (obét) — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Spanish: profesión — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Spanish: profesión de fe — promise or vow made on entering a religious order
• Telugu: ప్రమాణము (pramāṇamu) — promise or vow made on entering a religious order