professoral
French, adjective/pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ.ʁal/
professoral is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R-A-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Professoral is a French adjective meaning “professorial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la qualité ou à la condition de professeur”.
What does professoral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
professorial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la qualité ou à la condition de professeur.
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 professoral
- professorale feminine
- professoraux masculine plural
- professorales feminine plural
- professorial
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce professoral?
- /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ.ʁal/
- /pʁɔ.fe.sɔ.ʁal/
- \pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to professoral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is professoral in French?
professoral appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).