profession

/pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les professions

Meaning

  1. profession

    • Quelle est votre profession?

      What is your profession?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

métier

métier is slightly more about a trade or craft skill; profession is more general.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

profesión

profesión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "profession."

Portuguese

profissão

profissão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "profession."

Practice

1 What does profession mean?

2 Fill the gap: Quelle est votre ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches profession?

noun

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