different between pedant vs professor

English

Etymology

From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?d??nt, IPA^(key): /?p?d?nt/

Noun

pedant (plural pedants)

1. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
   • , vol. 1 ch. 24:

     I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.

2. A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
3. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pedant (not comparable)

1. Pedantic.

See also

• Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• stickler

Further reading

• pedant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pedant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pedant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• panted, pentad

Czech

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)

1. pedantic

Latin

Verb

pedant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ped?

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pedante

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m (plural pedants)

1. teacher; tutor; educator
2. pedant

Polish

Etymology

From French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.dant/

Noun

pedant m pers (feminine pedantka)

1. neat freak, out-and-outer, pedant, prig, stickler

   Synonyms: porz?dni?, skrupulant, skrupulat

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pedantyczny

Related terms

• (nouns) pedanteria, pedantyzm, pedantyczno??
• (adjective) pedanteryjny
• (adverb) pedantycznie

Further reading

• pedant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pedant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French Pedant.

Adjective

pedant m or n (feminine singular pedant?, masculine plural pedan?i, feminine and neuter plural pedante)

1. pedantic

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek ??????? (paideía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?dant/; /pedânt/
• Hyphenation: pe?dant

Noun

pèdant, ped?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????, ???????)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

• “pedant” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Alternative forms

• professour (archaic)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???f?s?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???f?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?(?)

Noun

professor (plural professors)

1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.
2. (US, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
3. (archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
   • 1897, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Introduction, p. v:

     This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;

4. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:

     You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.

5. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Synonyms

• prof

Derived terms

Translations

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”).

Noun

professor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar)

1. professor

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p?o.f??so/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.f??so/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.fe?so?/

Noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)

1. professor
2. teacher

   Synonyms: mestre, ensenyant

Derived terms

• professorat

Related terms

• professar
• professió

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro??f?.s?r/
• Hyphenation: pro?fes?sor

Noun

professor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n)

1. professor

Synonyms

• hoogleraar

Derived terms

• professoraal
• professoraat
• professorschap

Latin

Etymology

From professus, from profiteor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?fes.sor/, [p???f?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?fes.sor/, [p???f?s??r]

Noun

professor m (genitive profess?ris, feminine profestr?x); third declension

1. teacher, professor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• professor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• professor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin professor

Noun

professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorer, definite plural professorene)

1. professor, the highest academic rank at a university

Derived terms

References

• “professor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “professor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin professor

Noun

professor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane)

1. professor, the highest academic rank at a university

Related terms

• professorat

References

• “professor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin professor.

Pronunciation

Noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

1. teacher (person teaches professionally)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin professor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /p?u.f?.?so?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?o.fe.?so?/, [p?ö.fë.?s?o?]
• Hyphenation: pro?fes?sor

Noun

professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

1. teacher (person teaches professionally)

   Synonyms: docente (chiefly in academic contexts), mestre (dated), educador (has an affectionate or poetic undertone)

2. (Brazil, pro football, slang) coach

   Synonym: treinador

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:professor.

Derived terms

• professorzinho (diminutive), professorinho (diminutive, dated)
• professorzão (augmentative)
• professorado
• professorar

Related terms

• professo
• professar

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: profesor

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

professor c (feminine: professorska (dated))

1. professor; the highest academic rank at a university

Declension

Derived terms

• forskningsprofessor
• adjungerad professor
• biträdande professor
• hedersprofessor
• gästprofessor
• profession
• professor emeritus
• professorstjänst
• professur

See also

• högskoleadjunkt
• högskolelektor
• lektor
• adjunkt

References

Uzbek

Noun

professor (plural professorlar)

1. professor