professor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛs.ə/
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• Canada, General-American: /pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹəˈfes.ə/
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• rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 F EH1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English professor, professour, from Anglo-Norman proffessur and its etymon Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -or.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Amharic: ፕሮፌሰር (pərofesär) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: مُعَلِّم (muʕallim) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: بروفيسور (brofesōr) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: بروفيسورة (brofesōra) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: دكتور (duktor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Arabic: دكتورة (duktora) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Armenian: պրոֆեսոր (profesor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Asturian: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Asturian: profesora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Aymara: yatichiri — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Azerbaijani: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Basque: irakasle — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Belarusian: прафе́сар (prafjésar) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Breton: kelenner — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Breton: kelennerez — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Bulgarian: профе́сор (profésor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Burmese: ပါမောက္ခ (pamaukhka.) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Catalan: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Catalan: professora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Chickasaw: pofessa' — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Chinese Mandarin: 教授 (jiàoshòu) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Chinese Mandarin: 老師 /老师 (lǎoshī) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Czech: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Danish: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Dutch: hoogleraar — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Dutch: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Dutch: prof — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Esperanto: profesoro — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Esperanto: profesorino — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Fijian: parofesa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Finnish: professori — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• French: professeur — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• French: professeure — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• French: professeuse — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• French: prof — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Galician: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Galician: profesora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Georgian: პროფესორი (ṗropesori) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Professorin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Professorsgattin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Prof. — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Prof — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Hochschulprofessor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Hochschulprofessorin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Hochschullehrer — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• German: Hochschullehrerin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Greek: καθηγητής (kathigitís) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Greek: καθηγήτρια (kathigítria) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hawaiian: polopeka — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hebrew: פְּרוֹפֶסוֹר (profésor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hebrew: פְּרוֹפֶסוֹרִית (profésorit) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hebrew: פרופ׳ (prof.) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hindi: प्रोफ़ेसर (profesar) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hindi: प्राध्यापक (prādhyāpak) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Hungarian: professzor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Icelandic: prófessor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Icelandic: háskólakennari — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Interlingua: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Irish: ollamh — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Italian: professore — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Japanese: 教授 (kyōju) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Japanese: 先生 (sensei) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Javanese: guru ageng — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Javanese: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Khmer: សាស្ត្រចារ្យ (saahstraacaa) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Khmer: លោកគ្រូ — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Korean: 교수 (gyosu) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Korean: 선생 (seonsaeng) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Lao: ສາດສະດາຈານ (sāt sa dā chān) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Lao: ອາຈານ (ʼā chān) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Latin: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Latin: profestrīx — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Latvian: profesors — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Lithuanian: profesorius — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professer — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professerin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professersch — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professersche — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professorin — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professoorsch — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Low German: Professoorsche — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Macedonian: професор (profesor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Macedonian: професорка (profesorka) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Malay: mahaguru — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Maltese: professur — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Māori: ahorangi — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Māori: toihuarewa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Marathi: प्रोफेसर (prophesar) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Occitan: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Occitan: professora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Pashto: پوهاند (pohānd) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Persian: استاد (ostâd) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Persian: پروفسور (profesor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Polish: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Polish: profesorka — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Portuguese: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Portuguese: professora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Romanian: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Romanian: profesoară — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Russian: профе́ссор (proféssor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Russian: профе́ссорша (proféssorša) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Samoan: polofesa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-ollamh — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀фесор — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Serbo-Croatian: професо̀рица — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Serbo-Croatian: pròfesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Serbo-Croatian: profesòrica — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Sicilian: prufissuri — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Slovak: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Slovene: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Slovene: profesorica — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Somali: barfasoor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: profesora — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: maestro catedrático endowed chair — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: maestra catedrática, endowed chair — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: maestro catedrático, endowed chair — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Spanish: maestra catedrática, endowed chair — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Sundanese: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swahili: profesa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: lärare — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: lärarinna — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: lektor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: adjunkt — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: föreläsare — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: professor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Swedish: professorska — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tagalog: propesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tagalog: dalubguro — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tagalog: Dgro. — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tajik: олим (olim) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Thai: ศาสตราจารย์ (sàat-dtraa-jaan) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tongan: palofesa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Tongan: palōfesa — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Turkish: profesör — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Turkish: hoca — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Ukrainian: профе́сор (profésor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Urdu: پروفیسر (profesar) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Urdu: پرادھیاپک (prādhyāpak) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Uyghur: پروفېسسور (profëssor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Venetan: profesor — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Vietnamese: giáo sư — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Volapük: profäsoran — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Volapük: hiprofäsoran — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Volapük: jiprofäsoran — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Welsh: proffeswr — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Yakut: бэрэпиэссэр (berepiesser) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסאָר (profesor) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסאָרין (profesorin) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסאָרקע (profesorke) — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿ׳ (prof') — higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
• Afrikaans: dosent — teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank
• Bulgarian: преподавател (prepodavatel) — teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank
• Hungarian: kinevezett tanár — teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank
• Hungarian: előadó — teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank
• Hungarian: oktató — teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank
• Bulgarian: изповядващ (izpovjadvašt) — one who professes (a faith or religion)
• German: Bekenner — one who professes (a faith or religion)
• German: Bekennerin — one who professes (a faith or religion)