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A2🎓 School & Academia

Italian word

professore

teacher (secondary school or university level)

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professor

a senior academic rank at university (above associate professor)

⚠️ The trap

In Italian, 'professore' is used for any secondary school teacher or university lecturer — not just a senior academic. A high school history teacher is a professore.

To say "a senior academic rank at university (above associate professor)" in Italian:

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"professore" in English means:

teacher (secondary school or university level)

Example

"Il professore di matematica ci ha dato molti compiti."

"The maths teacher gave us a lot of homework."

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