professional

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

profession +‎ -al

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/
Audio (US)
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NounEdit

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professional

professional (plural professionals)

A person who belongs to a profession
A person who earns their living from a specified activity
A reputation known by name
An expert.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, 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.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

person who belongs to a profession

Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget)
Azerbaijani: peşəkar
Catalan: professional (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專業人士, 专业人士 (zhuānyè rénshì)
Dutch: beroeps (nl), professional (nl) m
Finnish: ammattilainen (fi)
Galician: profesional (gl) m or f
Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) m or f (epangelmatías)
Hungarian: szakember (hu), szaki (hu)
Irish: gairmí m
Italian: professionista (it)

Japanese: プロフェッショナル (ja) (purofesshonaru), プロ (ja) (puro)
Maori: mātanga
Mongolian: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten), мэргэжлийн хүн (mergežlijn hün)
Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Romanian: profesionist (ro) m
Russian: профессиона́л (ru) m (professionál), профессиона́лка (ru) f (professionálka)
Slovak: odborník (sk) m, odborníčka (sk) f, profesionál m, profesionálka f
Spanish: profesional (es) m or f, profesionista m or f (Mexico)
Tagalog: manunungkulan

person who earns their living from a specified activity

Arabic: مُحْتَرِف‎ m (muḥtarif), مُحْتَرِفَة‎ f (muḥtarifa)
Egyptian Arabic: محترف‎ m (muḥtaref), محترفة‎ f (muḥtarefa)
Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget)
Azerbaijani: peşəkar
Catalan: professional (ca) m or f
Czech: profesionál (cs) m
Dutch: beroeps (nl), professional (nl) m
Finnish: ammattilainen (fi), ammattimies (fi)
German: Profi (de) m, Professioneller m, Professionelle f

Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) m or f (epangelmatías)
Hungarian: profi (hu)
Polish: zawodowiec (pl) m, profesjonalista (pl) m
Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Russian: профессиона́л (ru) m (professionál), профессиона́лка (ru) f (professionálka)
Slovak: profesionál m, profesionálka f, odborník (sk) m, odborníčka (sk) f
Spanish: profesional (es) m or f, profesionista m or f (Mexico)
Swedish: proffs (sv) n
Thai: มืออาชีพ (mʉʉ-aa-chîip)

expert

Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget)
Azerbaijani: peşəkar
Catalan: professional (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專家 (zh), 专家 (zh) (zhuānjiā)
Czech: profesionál (cs) m
Dutch: deskundige (nl), expert (nl) m
Finnish: ammattilainen (fi), ekspertti (fi), asiantuntija (fi)
French: professionnel (fr) m, professionnelle (fr) f
German: Profi (de) m
Greek: επαγγελματίας (el) m or f (epangelmatías), επιτηδευματίας (el) m or f (epitidevmatías)

Hungarian: profi (hu), szakértő (hu), szakember (hu), szaki (hu)
Japanese: プロフェッショナル (ja) (purofesshonaru), プロ (ja) (puro), 専門家 (ja) (せんもんか, senmonka)
Mongolian: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten)
Polish: profesjonalista (pl) m, zawodowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Russian: профессиона́л (ru) m (professionál), профессиона́лка (ru) f (professionálka), специали́ст (ru) m (specialíst), специали́стка (ru) f (specialístka), экспе́рт (ru) m (ekspért)
Slovak: odborník (sk) m, odborníčka (sk) f
Swedish: proffs (sv) n, expert (sv) c

AdjectiveEdit

professional (comparative more professional, superlative most professional)

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
  
  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; […].
- 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution‎^[1], The Center for International Security and Cooperation:
  The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
(by extension) Expert.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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

Armenian: մասնագիտական (hy) (masnagitakan)
Azerbaijani: peşəkar
Belarusian: прафесіянальны (prafjesijanalʹny)
Catalan: professional (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: profesionální (cs) m
Dutch: beroeps-, professioneel (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ammattimainen (fi), ammatillinen (fi)
French: professionnel (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: professionell (de), Berufs- (de)
Hungarian: szakmai (hu), professzionális, profi (hu)
Irish: gairmiúil
Italian: professionale (it)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Maori: ngaio
Mongolian: мэргэжлийн (mergežlijn)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: profesjonell (no), faglig, yrkesmessig

Nynorsk: profesjonell, fagleg, yrkesmessig
Persian: حرفه‌ای‎ (fa) (herfe'i)
Polish: profesjonalny (pl)
Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Romanian: profesional (ro) m or n
Russian: профессиона́льный (ru) (professionálʹnyj)
Slovak: profesionálny, odborný
Spanish: profesional (es)
Swedish: professionell (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: професі́йний (uk) (profesíjnyj)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: profesjonell (no)

Nynorsk: profesjonell

Persian: حرفه‌ای‎ (fa) (herfe'i)
Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Romanian: profesional (ro) m or n, profesionist (ro) m or n
Russian: профессиона́льный (ru) (professionálʹnyj)
Slovak: profesionálny
Spanish: profesional (es) m or f
Swedish: professionell (sv)

expert

Armenian: արհեստավարժ (hy) (arhestavarž), պրոֆեսիոնալ (hy) (profesional)
Catalan: professional (ca), perit (ca)
Czech: profesionální (cs)
Dutch: deskundig (nl)
Finnish: ammattimainen (fi), ammattitaitoinen (fi)
German: professionell (de)
Hungarian: profi (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: profesjonell (no)

Nynorsk: profesjonell

Portuguese: profissional (pt) m or f
Romanian: profesional (ro) m or n
Russian: профессиона́льный (ru) (professionálʹnyj)
Slovak: odborný
Swedish: professionell (sv)
Vietnamese: chuyên gia (vi)

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

professió +‎ -al

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾo.fə.si.oˈnal/
(Central) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fə.si.uˈnal/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.fe.si.oˈnal/
Rhymes: -al

AdjectiveEdit

professional (masculine and feminine plural professionals)

professional

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

professional m or f (plural professionals)

professional

Further readingEdit

“professional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“professional” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“professional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“professional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English professional.

PronunciationEdit

Audio
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NounEdit

professional m (plural professionals)

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

Related termsEdit

professionalism n

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