professe
French, noun
professe is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Professe is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of profès” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, professé is a different word: “past participle of professer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieuse qui a fait ses vœux”.
What does professe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of profès
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of professer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieuse qui a fait ses vœux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of professe
- professée feminine
- professés masculine plural
- professées feminine plural
- professes plural
- profès masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is professe in French?
professe appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).