Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,037,100,633 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

alumnus
(redirected from alumni)

   Also found in: Legal, Wikipedia 0.04 sec.
a·lum·nus  (-lmns)
n. pl. a·lum·ni (-n)
A male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

[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.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alumnusalumnus - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
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

?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.. Terms of Use.