prof

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See also: próf, prof., Prof., and Prof

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

Noun

prof (plural profs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of professor.
    • 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader:
      He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'"
  2. (informal) Clipping of profit.
    • 2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng:
      I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge
      Then we laugh about it and split the prof

Dutch

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of professor.

Noun

prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)

  1. professor
  2. (East and West Flanders) doctor, physician

Etymology 2

Noun

prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)

  1. professional

French

Etymology

Clipping of professeur.

Pronunciation

Noun

prof m or f by sense (plural profs)

  1. teacher, professor

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from professzor.

Pronunciation

Noun

prof (plural profok)

  1. (colloquial) professor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative prof profok
accusative profot profokat
dative profnak profoknak
instrumental proffal profokkal
causal-final profért profokért
translative proffá profokká
terminative profig profokig
essive-formal profként profokként
essive-modal
inessive profban profokban
superessive profon profokon
adessive profnál profoknál
illative profba profokba
sublative profra profokra
allative profhoz profokhoz
elative profból profokból
delative profról profokról
ablative proftól profoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
profé profoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
proféi profokéi
Possessive forms of prof
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. profom profjaim
2nd person sing. profod profjaid
3rd person sing. profja profjai
1st person plural profunk profjaink
2nd person plural profotok profjaitok
3rd person plural profjuk profjaik

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of professore or professoressa.

Pronunciation

Noun

prof m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (colloquial) teacher

References

  1. ^ prof in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of profesor.

Noun

prof m (plural profi, feminine equivalent profă)

  1. (colloquial) teacher, professor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative prof proful profi profii
genitive-dative prof profului profi profilor
vocative profule profilor