professional

English

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Noun

Wikipedia professional (plural professionals)

1. A person who belongs to a profession
2. A person who earns his living from a specified activity
3. An expert.
   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:

     I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; […] invite the professional, urgently, to dine with us this evening.

Translations

person who belongs to a profession

• Catalan: professional (ca)
• Dutch: beroeps, professional m
• Finnish: ammattilainen (fi)
• Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) (epangelmatías) m and f

• Irish: gairmí (ga) m
• Mandarin: 專業 (cmn)
• Russian: профессионал (ru) (prof'essionál) m
• Spanish: profesional (es) m and f, profesionista (es) m and f (Mexico)

person who earns his living from a specified activity

• Catalan: professional (ca) m and f
• Dutch: beroeps, professional m
• Finnish: ammattilainen (fi), ammattimies (fi)
• German: Profi m, Professionelle m or f
• Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) (epangelmatías) m and f

• Polish: zawodowiec (pl) m, profesjonalista (pl) m
• Russian: профессионал (ru) (prof'essionál) m
• Spanish: profesional (es) m and f, profesionista (es) m and f (Mexico)
• Swedish: proffs (sv) n
• Thai: มืออาชีพ (th)

expert

• Dutch: deskundige (nl), expert (nl) m
• Finnish: ammattilainen (fi), ekspertti (fi), asiantuntija (fi)
• German: Profi (de) m
• Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) (epangelmatías) m and f, επιτηδευματίας (el) (epitidevmatías) m and f

• Mandarin: 專家 (cmn)
• Polish: profesjonalista (pl) m, zawodowiec (pl) m
• Swedish: proffs (sv) n, expert (sv) c

Adjective

professional (comparative more professional, superlative most professional)

1. Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 2/1, The Younger Set^[1]:

     His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers ; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon ; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill ; […] .

2. That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
3. (by extension) Expert.

Derived terms

• professionalism

Translations

of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the standards of a profession

• Czech: profesionální (cs) m
• Dutch: beroeps-, professioneel
• Finnish: ammattimainen (fi), ammatillinen (fi)
• French: professionnel (fr)
• German: professionell (de)
• Hungarian: szakmai (hu)

• Irish: gairmiúil (ga)
• Italian: professionale (it)
• Romanian: profesional (ro) m and n
• Russian: профессиональный (ru) (prof'essionál'nyj)
• Swedish: professionell (sv)

that is carried out as a livelihood

• Czech: profesionální (cs)
• Finnish: ammattimainen (fi)
• German: berufsmäßig (de), professionell (de)
• Hungarian: hivatásos (hu), profi (hu)
• Irish: gairmiúil (ga)

• Romanian: profesional (ro) m and n, profesionist (ro) m and n
• Russian: профессиональный (ru) (prof'essionál'nyj)
• Spanish: profesional (es) m and f
• Swedish: professionell (sv)

expert

• Czech: profesionální (cs)
• Dutch: deskundig (nl)
• Finnish: ammattimainen (fi)
• German: professionell (de)

• Romanian: profesional (ro) m and n
• Russian: профессиональный (ru) (prof'essionál'nyj)
• Swedish: professionell (sv)
• Vietnamese: chuyên gia (vi)

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Catalan

Etymology

professió +‎ -al

Adjective

professional m, f (masculine and feminine plural professionals)

1. professional

Derived terms

• professionalisme
• professionalment

Noun

professional m, f (plural professionals)

1. professional

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Dutch

Etymology

From English professional.

Noun

professional m (plural profesionals)

1. a professional practicioner of a trade, métier...
2. an expert in a (professional) field

Related terms

• professionalism n