How to say teacher'' in french male

While many languages make a difference between 'teacher' and 'professor', there are even more French words for teacher than there are English ones. The most common word for teacher in French is professeur, which does not translate directly to 'professor' in English.

In French, a professeur can teach at an elementary school or at a university.

Teacher in french masculine

In addition, the whole word is seldom used in its entirety; the common word is prof.

Several French Words for Teacher

The most common word for teacher is prof, but there are several more:

• Instituteur/Institutrice
• Maître/Maîtresse
• Enseignant/Enseignante

Each of these words has a certain connotation, and the rules for using each one are not as black and white as they are in English.

In English, a professor teaches at a university, and a teacher teaches at a school. In French, the words for teacher are chosen more out of the context and the amount of respect that one has for the teacher instead of the place where the teacher physically teaches.

Instituteur/Institutrice

This word was tradition

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