prof
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prof (plural profs)
- (informal) Clipping of professor.
- 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'"
- (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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Abbreviation of professor.
Noun edit
prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)
- professor
- (East and West Flanders) doctor, physician
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)
French edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of professeur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prof m or f by sense (plural profs)
Further reading edit
- “prof”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Shortened from professzor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prof (plural profok)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of professore or professoressa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prof m or f by sense (invariable)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
prof m (plural profi, feminine equivalent profă)