# profesor
## Asturian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor m (plural profesores)
* teacher (someone who teaches)
    Synonyms: maestru, maestra

#### Related terms

* profesión

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Latin professor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprofɛsor]
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor m anim (female equivalent profesorka, relational adjective profesorský)
* professor

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “profesor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “profesor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* professor (reintegrationist)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈs̺oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)
* teacher
* professor

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/
* Rhymes: -sɔr, -ɔr
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor
* professor (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
    Synonyms: guru besar, mahaguru
    Hypernym: dosen

#### Related terms

* profesi
* profesional
* profesionalisme
* profesionalitas

### References

* “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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

### Noun

profesor
* professor

#### Synonyms

* ꦒꦸꦫꦸꦲꦒꦼꦁ (guru ageng)

## Ladino
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

profesor m (Hebrew spelling פרופ׳יסור, feminine profesora)
* professor (teacher)
** 2006, Matilda Koén‐Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 114:Mi profesor de latino i grego ya tinía mas ochenta anyos kuando fue mi profesor en mis últimos anyos de liseo.My Latin and Greek teacher was already more [than] eighty-years-old when he was my teacher in my last years of high school.

#### Derived terms

* profesorato

#### Related terms

* profesar
* profesional
* profesión

### References

* ↑ “profesor”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English professor, from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 (the 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.

#### Hypernyms

* pensyarah (“lecturer”)

#### Related terms

* profesor madya (“associate professor”)

### See also

* doktor (“a person who has attained a doctorate”)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor. First attested in the 16th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔˈfɛ.sɔr/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /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 (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
* teacher (an educator in secondary school)
    Synonym: nauczyciel
* (obsolete) old hand, master

#### Declension
### Noun

profesor f (male equivalent profesor)
* female equivalent of profesor (“professor”) (the most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution)
    Synonym: profesorka
* female equivalent of profesor (“teacher”) (an educator in secondary school)
    Synonym: profesorka

#### Derived terms

* profesor belwederski
* profesor nadzwyczajny
* profesor oświaty
* profesor uczelniany
* profesor wizytujący
* profesor zwyczajny
* profesorstwo

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: 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.

### 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

### Etymology

Borrowed from French professeur or German Professor or Latin professor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈfe.sor/, /pro.feˈsor/
* Audio (female voice):(file)
* Rhymes: -esor, -or
* Hyphenation: po‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor m (plural profesori, feminine equivalent profesoară)
* professor
* teacher

#### Declension
### See also

* educator
* învățător

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prǒfesor/

### Noun

pròfesor m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фесор)
* professor

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔféːsɔr/

### Noun

profẹ̑sor m anim
* professor
* teacher

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾofeˈsoɾ/ [pɾo.feˈsoɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor m (plural profesores, feminine profesora, feminine plural profesoras)
* professor (a faculty member)
    profesores y personal ― faculty and staff
* (especially Spain) teacher
    Synonym: maestro

#### Derived terms

* profesorado
* profesoral

#### Related terms

* profesar
* profesión
* profesional

#### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: propesor
* → Tagalog: propesor

### Further reading

* “profesor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈfɛ.sɔr/
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧sor

### Noun

profesor
* professor

## Venetan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Italian professore).

### Noun

profesor m (plural profesori) or profesor m (plural profesuri)
* teacher
* professor, lecturer

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

profesor m
* professor