alumn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

alumn (plural alumns)

  1. Alternative spelling of alum

Anagrams[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.[1][2] First attested in 1602.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.lumn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alumn
  • Syllabification: a‧lumn

Noun[edit]

alumn m pers

  1. (Roman Catholicism) seminarian, seminarist (student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary)
    Synonyms: kleryk, seminarzysta
    alumn seminariuma seminarian of a seminary
    formacja alumnówthe formation of seminarians
  2. (education) alumnus, graduate (person who has graduated)
    przyszły alumna future alumnus
    uczyć alumnato teach an alumnus
    zostać alumnemto become an alumnus
    alumn studiujean alumnus studies (at university)
    alumn uczy sięan alumnus learns
  3. (obsolete) student receiving free education and support

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

noun

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “alumn”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alumn”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (16.07.2009), “ALUMN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Latin alumnus through German Alumnus or Italian alunno.

Noun[edit]

alumn m (plural alumni, feminine equivalent alumnă)

  1. disciple, student

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin alumnus.

Noun[edit]

alumn c

  1. alumnus (a graduate of a college or university)
  2. (archaic) a student at a grammar school

Usage notes[edit]

The Latin plural alumni also occurs sometimes in Swedish texts.

Declension[edit]

Declension of alumn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alumn alumnen alumner alumnerna
Genitive alumns alumnens alumners alumnernas

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]