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English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō English profession From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
profession (plural professions)
- A declaration of faith.
- (religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. [from 12th c.]
She died only a few years after her profession.
1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 27:Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion. [from 16th c.]
- 1780, William Cowper, letter, 12 June:
- I congratulate you upon the wisdom that withheld you from entering yourself a member of the Protestant Association […] it is likely to bring an odium upon the profession they make, that will not soon be forgotten.
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended. [from 16th c.]
Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years. a profession of support
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Presentiment”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 126:I scarcely know any thing that really interests me, and I would give a great deal not to be so quick-sighted as I am; it would be so pleasant to believe only a tithe of the professions that are made me.
- A professional occupation.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. [from 15th c.]
My father was a barrister by profession.
1886, George Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron’s Profession. […], London: The Modern Press, […], →OCLC, page 4:“You are very idle, Cashel; I am sure of that. It is too provoking to throw away so much money every year for nothing. Besides, you must soon be thinking of a profession.” “I shall go into the army,” said Cashel. “It is the only profession for a gentleman.”
- (collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively. [from 17th c.]
His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.
Derived terms
Translations
declaration of faith, belief or opinion occupation
- Albanian: profesion (sq) m, xajë f
- Arabic: مِهْنَة f (mihna), وَظِيفَة (ar) f (waẓīfa)
- Egyptian Arabic: مهنة f (mihna)
- Armenian: մասնագիտություն (hy) (masnagitutʻyun)
- Assamese: পেছা (pesa)
- Azerbaijani: peşə (az), ixtisas, məslək
- Bashkir: профессия (professiya), һөнәр (hönär)
- Belarusian: прафе́сія f (prafjésija), фах m (fax), заня́так (be) m (zanjátak), заня́цце n (zanjáccje), заня́цьце n (zanjácʹcje)
- Bengali: পেশা (bn) (peśa)
- Bulgarian: профе́сия (bg) f (profésija), заня́тие (bg) n (zanjátie)
- Burmese: အလုပ်အကိုင် (my) (a.lup-a.kuing), အလုပ် (my) (a.lup)
- Carpathian Rusyn: профе́сія f (profésija)
- Catalan: professió (ca) f, ofici (ca) m
- Chechen: корматалла (kormatalla)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 職業 / 职业 (zik1 jip6), 行業 / 行业 (hong4 jip6)
- Eastern Min: 職業 / 职业 (cék-ngiĕk)
- Mandarin: 職業 / 职业 (zh) (zhíyè), 行業 / 行业 (zh) (hángyè)
- Wu: 職業 / 职业 (7tseq-gniq8)
- Czech: povolání (cs) n, profese (cs) f
- Danish: erhverv (da), fag n, profession (da) c, livsstilling c
- Dutch: beroep (nl) n, professie (nl) f
- Esperanto: profesio (eo)
- Estonian: amet (et), elukutse (et)
- Finnish: ammatti (fi)
- French: profession (fr) f, métier (fr) m
- Galician: profesión (gl) f
- Georgian: პროფესია (ka) (ṗropesia), სპეციალობა (sṗecialoba), ხელობა (xeloba), საქმიანობა (sakmianoba)
- German: Beruf (de) m, Profession (de) f
- Greek: επάγγελμα (el) n (epángelma)
- Ancient Greek: ἐπάγγελμα n (epángelma)
- Hebrew: מִקְצוֹעַ (he) m (miktsóa), מִשְׂרָה (he) f (misrá)
- Hindi: पेशा (hi) m (peśā), वृत्ति (hi) f (vŕtti), व्यवसाय (hi) m (vyavsāy), व्यवहार (hi) m (vyavhār)
- Hungarian: foglalkozás (hu), hivatás (hu), szakma (hu), mesterség (hu)
- Icelandic: atvinna (is) f
- Indonesian: profesi (id)
- Ingrian: ammatti
- Irish: gairm (ga) f
- Italian: professione (it) f
- Japanese: 職業 (ja) (しょくぎょう, shokugyō)
- Kannada: ವೃತ್ತಿ (kn) (vṛtti)
- Kazakh: мамандық (kk) (mamandıq), кәсіп (käsip)
- Khmer: វិជ្ជាជីវៈ (vɨcciəciivĕəʼ), អម្រស់ (km) (ʼɑmrɑh)
- Korean: 직업(職業) (ko) (jigeop)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: pîşe (ku), meslek (ku), mihne (ku), hokar (ku), kariyer (ku), profesyon (ku)
- Kyrgyz: профессия (ky) (professiya), кесип (ky) (kesip)
- Lao: ອາຊີບ (ʼā sīp), ວິຊາຊີບ (wi sā sīp)
- Latvian: amats (lv) m, profesija f
- Lithuanian: profesija f
- Macedonian: професија (mk) f (profesija), занимање (mk) n (zanimanje)
- Malay: profesion
- Malayalam: തൊഴിൽ (ml) (toḻil)
- Maltese: professjoni f
- Māori: umanga
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: мэргэжил (mn) (mergežil)
- Mongolian script: ᠮᠡᠷᠭᠡᠵᠢᠯ (mergeǰil)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: yrke (no) n, profesjon m
- Nynorsk: yrke n, profesjon m
- Odia: ବୃତ୍ତି (or) (brutti)
- Oromo: ogummaa
- Pashto: مسلک (ps) m (maslak), پېشه f (peša), کسب m (kasb), ورهڼه (ps) f (warhǝṇa), حرفه (ps) f (herfa)
- Persian:
- Dari: پیشَه (pēša), حِرْفَه (hirfa), کَسْب (kasb), شُغْل (šuġl)
- Iranian Persian: پیشِه (piše), حِرْفِه (herfe), کَسْب (kasb), شُغْل (šoġl)
- Polish: zawód (pl) m, fach (pl) m
- Portuguese: profissão (pt) f
- Romanian: profesie (ro) f, meserie (ro) f, profesiune (ro) f, meșteșug (ro)
- Russian: профе́ссия (ru) f (proféssija), заня́тие (ru) n (zanjátije)
- Sami:
- Kildin Sami: профессья (profjess’ja)
- Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: профѐсија f, зани́ма̄ње n
- Latin: profèsija (sh) f, zanímānje (sh) n
- Sinhalese: වෘත්තිය (si) (wr̥ttiya)
- Slovak: povolanie n, profesia f
- Slovene: poklic m
- Spanish: profesión (es) f
- Swedish: yrke (sv) n, fack (sv) n, profession (sv) c, gebit (sv) n
- Tagalog: panungkulan, propesyon
- Tajik: касб (kasb), пеша (peša), ҳунар (hunar), ихтисос (ixtisos), ҳирфа (hirfa), шуғл (šuġl)
- Tamil: தொழில் (ta) (toḻil)
- Tatar: һөнәр (tt) (hönär)
- Telugu: వృత్తి (te) (vr̥tti)
- Thai: อาชีพ (th) (aa-chîip)
- Tibetan: ལས་རིགས (las rigs)
- Turkish: meslek (tr)
- Turkmen: kesp, hünär, kär
- Ukrainian: профе́сія (uk) f (profésija), фах (uk) m (fax), заня́ття n (zanjáttja)
- Urdu: پیشَہ m (peśa), شُغْل m (śuġl)
- Uyghur: كەسىپ (kesip)
- Uzbek: kasb (uz), hunar (uz)
- Vietnamese: nghề (vi), nghề nghiệp (vi)
- Volapük: cal (vo)
- Welsh: proffesiwn (cy) m
- Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסיע f (profesye)
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practitioners of a profession collectively promise or vow made on entering a religious order French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōfessiōnem
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /pʁɔ.fe.sjɔ̃/
Noun
profession f (plural professions)
- profession, public declaration
- profession, public declaration of faith
- profession, occupation, trade, craft, activity
- une profession lucrative ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- profession, practitioners of a profession collectively
Ces décisions s'imposent à toute la profession, elles ne sont exécutoires qu'après approbation par le ministre.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Further reading
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin professio.
Noun
profession oblique singular, f (oblique plural professions, nominative singular profession, nominative plural professions)
- profession; declaration (usually of faith)
Descendants
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