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professorship

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The office of a professor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the position of professor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was awarded an endowed chair in economics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English professor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English professorship From professor + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: càtedra — the office of a professor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教授職銜 /教授职衔 (jiàoshòu zhíxián) — the office of a professor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教授職位 /教授职位 (jiàoshòu zhíwèi) — the office of a professor
  • Danish: professorat — the office of a professor
  • Finnish: professuuri — the office of a professor
  • German: Professur — the office of a professor
  • Hungarian: tanszék — the office of a professor
  • Irish: ollúnacht — the office of a professor
  • Italian: professorato — the office of a professor
  • Italian: ordinariato — the office of a professor
  • Italian: cattedra — the office of a professor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: professorat — the office of a professor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: professorat — the office of a professor
  • Polish: profesura — the office of a professor
  • Portuguese: professorado — the office of a professor
  • Portuguese: magistério — the office of a professor
  • Romanian: profesură — the office of a professor
  • Spanish: cátedra — the office of a professor
  • Spanish: profesorado — the office of a professor
  • Volapük: profäsor — the office of a professor
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