professer
French edit
Etymology edit
Influenced by professeur, from Latin profiteor.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
professer
- 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 edit
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “professer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Verb edit
professer
- to strive for; to aspire to
- (Christianity, chiefly in the passive voice) to profess (administer the vows of a religious order)
Conjugation edit
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 | — | ||