Professeur, nmf : a high school, college, or university teacher or instructor.

The French word « professeur » looks almost the same as the English word “professor.”

The word “professor” in English typically exclusively means “a teacher at a university.”

As a semi-false cognate, in French « professeur » can mean “a university teacher or instructor; more generally, « professeur » means a teacher or instructor at the high school, college or university level.

C’est mon professeur de français du lycée qui m’a donné envie de devenir écrivain.
My high school French teacher gave me the desire to become a writer.