"professore" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /pro.fesˈso.re/ Forms: professori [plural], professoressa [feminine]
Rhymes: -ore Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prŏfessōrem. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:lbor|la:professor<alt:prŏfessōrem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "prŏfessōrem", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "professed", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "declare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "profiteor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "professus", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "professor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "professore", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="professore">, {{lbor|it|la|professor|prŏfessōrem}} Learned borrowing from Latin prŏfessōrem Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=#ssa}} professore m (plural professori, feminine professoressa)
  1. teacher, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, master, professor, lecturer (high school) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-professore-it-noun-yN-Pc~UX
  2. (music) player Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-professore-it-noun-zbWTVfO6 Categories (other): Music, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 61 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insegnante, docente, precettore, maestro, aio, educatore, prof Derived forms: professorale, professorato, professorino, professorone

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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