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/pʁɔfɛsœʁ/
Translation
teacher, professor
Word origin
From Latin professor ('one who declares publicly, a teacher'), from profiteri ('to declare openly'), from pro ('forth') and fateri ('to confess, to acknowledge').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- professor
- English cognates
- professor, profess, confess
Grammar
Examples
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My French teacher is very patient.
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She's an English teacher at the secondary school.
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The teacher explained the lesson three times.
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My music teacher has played the piano since childhood.
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The teacher read all the papers in two days.
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