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profession
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professi? (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profit?r? (“to profess”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???f???n/
Noun
profession (plural professions)
- A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or pretended.
- Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
- My father was a barrister by profession.
- The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.
- A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- She died only a few years after her profession.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
- Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin professi?, professi?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.f?.sj??/
Noun
profession f (plural professions)
- profession, public declaration
- Toute profession d'incrédulité (...) sera poursuivie comme outrage à la religion et scandale pour les mœurs. (Proudhon, Révol. soc., 1852)
- profession, public declaration of faith
- D'une voix altérée, il prononça la profession de foi musulmane, comme pour se prémunir contre une tentation qu'il redoutait sans pouvoir la préciser. (Du Camp, Nil, 1854)
- profession, occupation, trade, craft, activity
- une profession lucrative.
- profession, practitioners of a profession collectively
- Ces décisions s'imposent à toute la profession, elles ne sont exécutoires qu'après approbation par le ministre.
Derived terms
- profession de foi
- professionnalisation
- professionnaliser
- professionnalisme
- professionnellement
- professionnel, professionnelle
Related terms
- professer
- professeur
References
- “profession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- professioun (Anglo-Norman)
- professiun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin profession.
Noun
profession f (oblique plural professions, nominative singular profession, nominative plural professions)
- profession; declaration (usually of faith)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (profession, supplement)
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artifice
English
Etymology
From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???(?)t?f?s/
Noun
artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
- A crafty but underhanded deception.
- A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
- A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
- A tactical move to gain advantage.
- (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
Translations
Verb
artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)
- To construct by means of skill or specialised art
Related terms
- artificial
Further reading
- artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
- artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- actifier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.ti.fis/
Noun
artifice m (plural artifices)
- artifice, trick, ploy
- (literary) device
Derived terms
- artificiel
- feu d'artifice
- sans artifice
Further reading
- “artifice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
artifice
- ablative singular of artifex
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