Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prof

/pɹɑf/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: prof
IPA: /pɹɑf/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of professor.

Informal

noun

Clipping of profit.

Informal

noun

Informal spelling of Prof.

Informal

Example Sentences

"He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'""
"I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge Then we laugh about it and split the prof"
"Prof Barbara Walter notes in her book How Civil Wars Start that two conditions are key: ethnic factionalism and anocracy – when a country is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic."

Etymology

Shortening.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹɑf/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

profs (plural)

Synonyms

professor

Rhymes With

shroff haaf

Questions

How do you pronounce prof?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɑf/.
What does prof mean?: Clipping of professor.
Where does prof come from?: Shortening.

How to pronounce prof

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