professorial

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• rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
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• /ˌprɒfəˈsɔːɹiəl/
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From Latin professōrius (“professiorial; authoritative”) + -al. By surface analysis, professor + -ial.

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: прафе́сарскі (prafjésarski) — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Irish: ollúnta — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Polish: profesorski — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Romanian: de profesor — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Romanian: profesoral — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Russian: профе́ссорский (proféssorskij) — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• Ukrainian: профе́сорський (profésorsʹkyj) — relating to or characteristic of a professor
• French: professoral — in the capacity of a professor