professeur

professeur

French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin professor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fɛ.sœʁ/ ~ /pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ/
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    • (Quebec) IPA(key): [pχɔfɛsɑœ̯ɹ]
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    Noun

    professeur m (plural professeurs, feminine professeure or professeuse)

    1. teacher
      Professeur de français, professeur de mathématiques.
      French teacher, Maths teacher.
    2. professor
      Le conseil de faculté comprend les professeurs titulaires et a notamment pour fonction de présenter des candidats aux chaires vacantes.
      The faculty council comprises tenured professors and has the particular function of presenting candidates for vacant chairs.

    Usage notes

    • The word is often used for a female teacher as well, retaining masculine agreement or in such forms of address as Madame le Professeur (with feminine agreement). With apocope, la prof is quite frequent.

    Descendants

    • → Turkish: profesör

    Further reading

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