A2🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
professore
teacher (secondary school or university level)
Looks like
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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