"profession" in seven languages
Meaningprofession
Spanish
profesión
/pɾofeˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
profession
/pʁɔfesjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
professione
/profesˈsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
profissão
/pɾofiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
profesie
/proˈfesie/
fem.borrowed · French profession, refashioned on Latin PROFESSIŌ
Catalan
professió
/pɾufəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
profession
/pɹəˈfɛʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French profession
English → ItalianprofessionprofessioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PROFESSIŌNEM‘public declaration (from PROFITĒRĪ 'to declare openly')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A profession was first a public vow — monks 'professed' — then the trade you openly declared. -SSIŌNEM follows the same map as -TIŌNEM: -sión, -ssion, -ssione.
English relatives: profession, professor, profess
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In a sentence
- es¿Cuál es su profesión?
- frQuelle est votre profession ?
- itQual è la sua professione?
- ptQual é a sua profissão?
- roCare e profesia dumneavoastră?
- caQuina és la seva professió?
- enWhat is your profession?