"professional" in seven languages
Meaningprofessional
Spanish
profesional
/pɾofesjoˈnal/
learned
French
professionnel
/pʁɔfesjɔnɛl/
learned
fem.: professionnelle
Italian
professionale
/professjoˈnale/
learned
A professional person is un/una professionista.
Portuguese
profissional
/pɾofisjoˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
profesional
/profesjoˈnal/
borrowed · French professionnel
Catalan
professional
/pɾufəsiuˈnal/
learned
English
professional
/pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/
from Latin/French · Latin PROFESSIŌ via French
English → ItalianprofessionalprofessionaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PROFESSIŌNEM‘public declaration (of one's trade)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A profession was first a public vow — to profess. Spanish writes one s (profesional), French doubles the n; Italian keeps professionale for things and professionista for people.
English relatives: profession, profess, professor
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs una cámara profesional.
- frC'est un appareil photo professionnel.
- itÈ una macchina fotografica professionale.
- ptEsta é uma câmera profissional.
- roAcesta e un aparat foto profesional.
- caAquesta és una càmera professional.
- enThis is a professional camera.
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