professer

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “professer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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	—

References

• professer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub