meilleur professeur de tous les temps
The English phrase "best teacher ever" is translated into French as meilleur professeur de tous les temps.
This phrase is used to describe a teacher as the greatest person to have ever taught.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase de tous les temps literally translates to "of all the times" to express the English concept of "ever".
Which one should you use?
While meilleur professeur de tous les temps is the standard form, you can use the informal version le meilleur prof de tous les temps in casual speech or Le Meilleur Prof du Monde to mean "The Best Teacher in the World".
How does it change in a sentence?
When using this phrase, you must include the definite article le (the) before meilleur to say "the best teacher ever". If the teacher is female, the adjective meilleur changes to the feminine form meilleure and the noun professeur is often replaced by professeure, resulting in la meilleure professeure de tous les temps.
Did you know?
- In French, the word temps is used to describe both 'time' and 'weather'. This means that in certain contexts, a phrase about 'all time' could be jokingly misread as being about the weather.
- The word professeur is a learned borrowing from the Latin word 'professor', which originally referred to someone who professes a belief or a faith.
- If you want to describe a teacher as the best 'ever' in a more poetic or historical sense, you might use de tous les siècles, which literally means 'of all the centuries'.
Examples in context
- Tu es vraiment le meilleur professeur que j'ai jamais eu !You are truly the best teacher I've ever had!
- C'est le meilleur professeur de tous les temps.He is the best teacher ever.
- Tu es le meilleur professeur de tous les temps.You are the best teacher ever.
Example conversation
Two students are talking after their music lesson.
- GabrielM. Martin est le meilleur professeur de tous les temps.Mr. Martin is the best teacher ever.
- LéaJe suis d'accord, il est vraiment génial.I agree, he is really great.
- GabrielEst-ce que tu vas continuer avec lui ?Are you going to continue with him?
- LéaOui, absolument !Yes, absolutely!
