professional

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English

Etymology

profession +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/

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Noun

professional (plural professionals)

1. A person who belongs to a profession
2. A person who earns their living from a specified activity
3. A reputation known by name
4. 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 terms

• non-professional, nonprofessional
• pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
• semi-professional, semiprofessional
• super professional, super-professional, superprofessional

Translations

person who belongs to a profession

• Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget)
• 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 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: profesional (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)
• 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)
• 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

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 William 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; […].

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

Derived terms

• non-professional, nonprofessional
• professionalism
• pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
• semi-professional, semiprofessional
• unprofessional

Translations

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

• Armenian: մասնագիտական (hy) (masnagitakan)
• 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)

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Catalan

Etymology

professió +‎ -al

Adjective

professional (masculine and feminine plural professionals)

1. professional

Derived terms

• professionalisme
• professionalment

Noun

professional m or f (plural professionals)

1. professional

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Dutch

Etymology

From English professional.

Pronunciation

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Noun

professional m (plural professionals)

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

Related terms

• professionalism n