alumnus (redirected from Alumn)

a·lum·nus  (-lmns)

n. pl. a·lum·ni (-n)

A male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

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[Latin, pupil, from alere, to nourish; see al-² in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: Alumnus and alumna both come from Latin and preserve Latin plurals. Alumnus is a masculine noun whose plural is alumni, and alumna is a feminine noun whose plural is alumnae. Coeducational institutions usually use alumni for graduates of both sexes. But those who object to masculine forms in such cases may prefer the phrase alumni and alumnae or the form alumnae/i, which is the choice of many women's colleges that have begun to admit men.

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alumnus [əˈlʌmnəs]

n pl -ni [-naɪ]

(Social Science / Education) Chiefly US and Canadian a graduate of a school, college, etc.

[from Latin: nursling, pupil, foster son, from alere to nourish]

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alumnus, alumna, alumni - Alumnus and alumna stem from Latin alere, "to nourish or be nourished," now by a university; originally alumnus was a pupil and now it is a male graduate. Alumni refers to either sex.

See also related terms for nourish.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alumnus - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) alumna, graduate, grad, alum Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school old boy - a former male pupil of a school bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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alumnus alumna (Chiefly U.S. & Canad.)

noun graduate, valedictorian, past student, former student, graduand an alumnus of Edinburgh University

Translations

alumnus [əˈlʌmnəs] N (alumni (pl)) [əˈlʌmnaɪ] alumna [əˈlʌmnə] N (alumnae (pl)) [əˈlʌmniː] (esp US) → graduado/a m/f
alumnus association → asociación f de graduados

alumnus [əˈlʌmnəs] [alumni] [əˈlʌmnaɪ] (pl) n (= ex-student) [school] → ancien élève m; [university] → ancien étudiant m

alumnus

n pl <alumni> (US) → ehemaliger Schüler/Student, Ehemalige(r) m

alumnus [əˈlʌmnəs] n (Am) (Univ) → ex allievo