Prof.
Portuguese, noun
Prof. is spelled P-R-O-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prof. is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of professor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Prof.ª is a different word: “abbreviation of professora”.
What does Prof. mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of professor
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of professora
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. professor
abbreviation: 1. professora
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Prof.
- Prof.ª feminine
- Profa. feminine
- Prof.ᵃˢ feminine plural
- Profas. feminine plural
- prof. alternative
- Prof.º alternative proscribed
- Prof.ªˢ plural
- Prof.as plural
- prof.ª alternative
- profa. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Prof. in Portuguese?
Prof. appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).