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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin professor.
Pronunciation
Noun
professeur m (plural professeurs, feminine professeure or professeuse)
- teacher
Professeur de français, professeur de mathématiques.- French teacher, Maths teacher.
- 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.
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