Professor

//pɹəˈfɛs.ə//

Synonyms for "professor" (58 found)

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Translations

162 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • dosent noun (teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank)
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ፕሮፌሰር noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أُسْتَاذ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • بروفيسور noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • بروفيسورة noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • دكتور noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պրոֆեսոր noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Asturian

2 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesora noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Aymara

1 entries
  • yatichiri noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Basque

1 entries
  • irakasle noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • прафе́сар noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Breton

2 entries
  • kelenner noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • kelennerez noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изповядващ noun (one who professes (a faith or religion))
  • преподавател noun (teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank)
  • профе́сор noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပါမောက္ခ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Catalan

2 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professora noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • pofessa' noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 教授 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • 老師 /老师 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Czech

1 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Danish

1 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Dutch

3 entries
  • hoogleraar noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • prof noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • profesorino noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesoro noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Fijian

1 entries
  • parofesa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Finnish

1 entries
  • professori noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

French

4 entries
  • prof noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professeur noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professeure noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professeuse noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Galician

2 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesora noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პროფესორი noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

German

4 entries
  • Bekenner noun (one who professes (a faith or religion))
  • Bekennerin noun (one who professes (a faith or religion))
  • Hochschullehrer noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • Hochschullehrerin noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Greek

2 entries
  • καθηγήτρια noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • καθηγητής noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • polopeka noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • פְּרוֹפֶסוֹר noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • פְּרוֹפֶסוֹרִית noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • פרופ׳ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्राध्यापक noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • प्रोफ़ेसर noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • előadó noun (teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank)
  • kinevezett tanár noun (teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank)
  • oktató noun (teacher or faculty member at a college or university, regardless of formal rank)
  • professzor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • háskólakennari noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • prófessor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Irish

1 entries
  • ollamh noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Italian

1 entries
  • professore noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 先生 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • 教授 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Javanese

2 entries
  • guru ageng noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Khmer

2 entries
  • លោកគ្រូ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • សាស្ត្រចារ្យ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Korean

2 entries
  • 교수 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • 선생 noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສາດສະດາຈານ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • ອາຈານ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Latin

2 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profestrīx noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Latvian

1 entries
  • profesors noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • profesorius noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Low German

4 entries
  • Professer noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • Professerin noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • Professersch noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • Professersche noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • професор noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • професорка noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Malay

1 entries
  • mahaguru noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Maltese

1 entries
  • professur noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Marathi

1 entries
  • प्रोफेसर noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Māori

2 entries
  • ahorangi noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • toihuarewa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Occitan

2 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professora noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Pashto

1 entries
  • پوهاند noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Persian

2 entries
  • استاد noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • پروفسور noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Polish

2 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesorka noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • professor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • professora noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Romanian

2 entries
  • profesoară noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Russian

2 entries
  • профе́ссор noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • профе́ссорша noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Samoan

1 entries
  • polofesa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • àrd-ollamh noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • profesòrica noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • pròfesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • про̀фесор noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • професо̀рица noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • prufissuri noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Slovak

1 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Slovene

2 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesorica noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Somali

1 entries
  • barfasoor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Spanish

4 entries
  • maestra catedrática, endowed chair noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • maestra catedrática, endowed chair noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • maestro catedrático endowed chair noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • maestro catedrático, endowed chair noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Swahili

1 entries
  • profesa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Swedish

4 entries
  • adjunkt noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • föreläsare noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • lektor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • lärare noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • Dgro. noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • dalubguro noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • propesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Tajik

1 entries
  • олим noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Thai

1 entries
  • ศาสตราจารย์ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Tongan

2 entries
  • palofesa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • palōfesa noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hoca noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profesör noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • профе́сор noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Urdu

2 entries
  • پرادھیاپک noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • پروفیسر noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پروفېسسور noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Venetan

1 entries
  • profesor noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • giáo sư noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hiprofäsoran noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • jiprofäsoran noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • profäsoran noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Welsh

1 entries
  • proffeswr noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Yakut

1 entries
  • бэрэпиэссэр noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • פּראָפֿעסאָר noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • פּראָפֿעסאָרין noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • פּראָפֿעסאָרקע noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
  • פּראָפֿ׳ noun (higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The professor seemed to be lost in thought.

Source: tatoeba (19006)

The professor treated her as one of his students.

Source: tatoeba (19007)

The professor gave a lecture on the Middle East.

Source: tatoeba (19008)

The professor ordered some new books from New York.

Source: tatoeba (19009)

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