professer

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French

Etymology

Influenced by professeur, from Latin profiteor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/, /pʁɔ.fe.se/
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Verb

professer

  1. to profess
    Les Grecs purent reconnaître combien le gouvernement républicain, lorsqu’il ne professe pas un grand respect pour les droits individuels, se change facilement en despotisme. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (Fustel de Coul., Cité antique, 1864)

Conjugation

Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple professer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple professant
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle professé
/pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present professe
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professes
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professe
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professons
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɔ̃/ 		professez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ 		professent
/pʁɔ.fɛs/
imperfect professais
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ 		professais
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ 		professait
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/ 		professions
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sjɔ̃/ 		professiez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sje/ 		professaient
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛ/
past historic2 professai
/pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ 		professas
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ 		professa
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ 		professâmes
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sam/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sam/ 		professâtes
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sat/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sat/ 		professèrent
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɛʁ/
future professerai
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁe/ 		professeras
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁa/ 		professera
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁa/ 		professerons
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɔ̃/ 		professerez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁe/ 		professeront
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional professerais
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ 		professerais
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ 		professerait
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/ 		professerions
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		professeriez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sə.ʁje/ 		professeraient
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present professe
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professes
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professe
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		professions
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sjɔ̃/ 		professiez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sje/ 		professent
/pʁɔ.fɛs/
imperfect2 professasse
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/ 		professasses
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/ 		professât
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa/ 		professassions
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		professassiez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sje/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sa.sje/ 		professassent
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — professe
/pʁɔ.fɛs/ 		— professons
/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.fe.sɔ̃/ 		professez
/pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.fe.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Verb

professer

  1. to strive for; to aspire to
  2. (Christianity, chiefly in the passive voice) to profess (administer the vows of a religious order)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive professer avoir professé
gerund en professant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle professant
past participle professé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present profes professes professe professons professez professent
imperfect professoie, professeie, professoe, professeve professoies, professeies, professoes, professeves professoit, professeit, professot, professeve professiiens, professiens professiiez, professiez professoient, professeient, professoent, professevent
preterite professai professas professa professames professastes professerent
future professerai professeras professera professerons professeroiz, professereiz, professerez professeront
conditional professeroie, professereie professeroies, professereies professeroit, professereit professeriiens, professeriens professeriiez, professeriez professeroient, professereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present profes profes profest professons professez professent
imperfect professasse professasses professast professissons, professissiens professissoiz, professissez, professissiez professassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— professe — professons professez —

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