professorship

English

Etymology

professor +‎ -ship

Pronunciation

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Noun

professorship (plural professorships)

(education) The office of a professor.
- 1883, Oscar Wilde, “Lecture to Art Students”, in Essays and Lectures‎:
  And as regards histories of art, they are quite valueless to you unless you are seeking the ostentatious oblivion of an art professorship.

Synonyms

professorate

Related terms

chair

Translations

the office of a professor

Catalan: càtedra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: professorat n
Finnish: professuuri (fi)
German: Professur (de) f
Hungarian: tanszék (hu)
Irish: ollúnacht f
Italian: professorato m, ordinariato m, cattedra (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: professorat n

Nynorsk: professorat n
Portuguese: professorado (pt) m, magistério (pt) m
Spanish: cátedra (es) f
Volapük: profäsor (vo)

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