Studies
prof
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
professeur
The teacher, clipped the way everyone says it, from school to university. The word is so common it is hardly informal any more: teachers themselves use it.
How it is said
prof
Gender and article
le prof · masculine
Where you meet it
A conversation, a message, a private-tuition advert.
Example
Prof de maths donne cours particuliers, du collège à la terminale.
Maths teacher (prof) gives private lessons, from lower secondary to final year.
In the DELF
reading A1 · listening A1
Watch out
Gender follows the person: le prof, la prof. In a formal letter, « Madame la professeure » or « Monsieur le professeur ».
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