professer
French, verb/pʁɔ.fɛ.se/
professer is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Professer is a French verb meaning “to profess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avouer publiquement, reconnaître hautement quelque chose”.
What does professer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to profess
Les Grecs purent reconnaître combien le gouvernement républicain, lorsqu'il ne professe pas un grand respect pour les droits individuels, se change facilement en despotisme.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Avouer publiquement, reconnaître hautement quelque chose. 2. Exercer. 3. Proclamer ; dire au public. 4. Enseigner publiquement.
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 professer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- professant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- professé participle past
- professe first-person indicative present
- professes indicative present second-person
- professons first-person indicative plural
- professez indicative plural present
- professent indicative plural present
- professais first-person imperfect indicative
- professait imperfect indicative singular
- professions first-person imperfect indicative
- professiez imperfect indicative plural
- professaient imperfect indicative plural
- professai first-person historic indicative
- professas historic indicative past
- professa historic indicative past
- professâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce professer?
- /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/
- /pʁɔ.fe.se/
- \pʁɔ.fe.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is professer in French?
professer appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).