profesor
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/, [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor
Related terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprofɛsor]
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor
Declension
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈs̺oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor
Noun
profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈfɛ.sɔr/
- Hyphenation: pro‧fè‧sor
Noun
profèsor (plural para profèsor, profèsor-profèsor, first-person possessive profesorku, second-person possessive profesormu, third-person possessive profesornya)
- (education) professor (most senior rank for an academic at a university)
- Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru
- Hypernym: dosen
- 2017 November 13, “158 Dosen Berpeluang Jadi Profesor [158 Lecturers Have a Chance to Become A Professor]”, in Suara Merdeka, archived from the original on 26 October 2018:
- Dalam kesempatan itu, Amshari meminta semangat meraih fungsional dosen tertinggi berupa profesor itu menjadi budaya.
- On that occasion, Amshari asks for the spirit of achieving the highest position of a lecturer in the form of a professor to become a culture.
- (education) senior teacher, lecturer or researcher working at an institution of higher education
Further reading
- “profesor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Synonyms
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English professor, from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (compare Indonesian profesor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.fe.so(r)/
- Rhymes: -o(r)
Noun
profesor (Jawi spelling ڤروفيسور, plural profesor-profesor, informal 1st possessive profesorku, 2nd possessive profesormu, 3rd possessive profesornya)
- professor (most senior rank for an academic at a university)
- profesor emeritus ― honorary title for a retired professor
- 2018 April 12, Hashim Yaacob, “Kekalkan profesor cemerlang di universiti [Keep brilliant professor(s) in university]”, in Utusan Malaysia, archived from the original on 12 April 2018:
- Oleh kerana kerja-kerja penyelidikan awal seseorang profesor itu akan terus dirujuk beberapa tahun kemudiannya, maka universiti akan terus mendapat manfaat melalui peningkatan ranking universiti, walaupun seseorang profesor itu telah bersara.
- Since the preliminary research work of a professor will continue to be referred to a few years later, therefore the university will continue to gain benefit through the improvement of its ranking, even if a particular professor has already retired.
Related terms
Masurian
Alternative forms
- profesór
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [prɔˈfɛsɔr]
- Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor
Noun
profesor m pers
- professor (most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin professor.[1][2][3][4] First attested in the 16th century.[5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/, /prɔˈfɛ.sor/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsɔr
- Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor
Noun
profesor m pers (female equivalent profesor or profesorka, diminutive profesorek, related adjective profesorski, abbreviation prof.)
- professor (most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
- teacher (educator in secondary school)
- Synonym: nauczyciel
- (obsolete) old hand, master
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | profesor | profesorowie/profesorzy |
genitive | profesora | profesorów |
dative | profesorowi | profesorom |
accusative | profesora | profesorów |
instrumental | profesorem | profesorami |
locative | profesorze | profesorach |
vocative | profesorze | profesorowie/profesorzy |
Noun
profesor f (male equivalent profesor)
- female equivalent of profesor (“professor”) (most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
- Synonym: profesorka
- female equivalent of profesor (“teacher”) (educator in secondary school)
- Synonym: profesorka
Derived terms
- profesor belwederski
- profesor nadzwyczajny
- profesor oświaty
- profesor uczelniany
- profesor wizytujący
- profesor zwyczajny
- profesorstwo
Descendants
- → Kashubian: profesór
- → Masurian: profesor, profesór
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), profesor is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 53 times in news, 15 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 34 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 142 times, making it the 420th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]
References
- Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “profesor”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “profesor”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “profesor”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “profesor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Ida Kurcz (1990) “profesor”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 435
Further reading
- profesor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- profesor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “profesor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1009
Romanian
Alternative forms
- професор (profesor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈfe.sor/, /pro.feˈsor/
Audio (female voice): (file) - Rhymes: -esor, -or
- Hyphenation: po‧fe‧sor
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǒfesor/
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔféːsɔr/
Inflection
Masculine anim., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | profésor | ||
gen. sing. | profésorja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
profésor | profésorja | profésorji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
profésorja | profésorjev | profésorjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
profésorju | profésorjema | profésorjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
profésorja | profésorja | profésorje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
profésorju | profésorjih | profésorjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
profésorjem | profésorjema | profésorji |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor
Noun
profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “profesor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈfɛ.sɔr/
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor
Venetian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Italian professore).