Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.

    профе́ссорскийproféssorskij

    профе́сорськийprofésorsʹkyj

    relating to or characteristic of professors

Examples

1 sentences
  1. We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
relating to or characteristic of a professor:
Русский
By meaning 1
relating to or characteristic of a professor:

Origin

From Latin professōrius (“professiorial; authoritative”) + -al. By surface analysis, profe

From Latin professōrius (“professiorial; authoritative”) + -al. By surface analysis, professor + -ial.

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Forms

more professorial, most professorial
Comparativemore professorial Lesson
Superlativemost professorial Lesson

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

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