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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹɑf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑf
Noun
prof (plural profs)
- (informal) Clipping of professor.
- 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 3 June 2010:
- 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
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Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton proff.
Pronunciation
Noun
prof m (plural profoù)
Dutch
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of professor.
Noun
prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)
- professor
- (East and West Flanders) doctor, physician
Etymology 2
Noun
prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)
French
Etymology
Clipping of professeur.
Pronunciation
Noun
prof m or f by sense (plural profs)
Further reading
- “prof”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Shortened from professzor.
Pronunciation
Noun
prof (plural profok)
Declension
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