professeure
French, noun/pʁɔ.fɛ.sœʁ/
professeure is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Professeure is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of professeur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enseignante, femme qui professe, qui enseigne une science ou un art”.
What does professeure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of professeur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enseignante, femme qui professe, qui enseigne une science ou un art. 2. Titre féminin obtenu à l’issue d’un cursus universitaire, permettant d’encadrer des recherches académiques et universitaires.
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 professeure
- professeures plural
- professeur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce professeure?
- /pʁɔ.fɛ.sœʁ/
- /pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ/
- \pʁɔ.fɛ.sœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to professeure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is professeure in French?
professeure appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).