alumnus (redirected from alumni)

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 [al-lumm-nuss, al-lumm-na, -nie, -nee] or fem alumna

Noun

pl -ni -nae Chiefly US & Canad a graduate of a school or college [Latin: nursling, pupil]

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

Translations

alumnus [alumni , pl ] [əˈlʌmnəs, -naɪ] n (US) (Scol) → ancien élève;

(University) → ancien étudiant