alumnus

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alumnus (literally “foster child, nourished one”).

Noun

alumnus (plural alumni)

1. a male pupil or student
2. a male graduate
3. a student
4. a graduate

Usage notes

Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.

Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.

Related terms

• alumni
• alumna
• alumnae/alumnæ
• alum

Translations

a male pupil or student

• Arabic: طالب (ar) (Talyb) m, طالبة (ar) (Talybah) f, طلبة (ar) (Talabah) m pl, طالبات (ar) (Talybat) f pl
• Bulgarian: питомник (bg) (pitomnik)
• French: étudiant (fr) m, élève (fr) m
• Galician: universitario (gl) m

• German: Student (de) m
• Korean: 남학생 (ko)
• Portuguese: aluno (pt) m
• Russian: ученик (ru) (učeník) m, студент (ru) (studént) m
• Spanish: alumno (es)

a male graduate

• Arabic: خريج (ar) (Kherryj) m, خريجة (ar) (Kherryjah) f, خريجون (ar) (kherryjoon) m pl, خريجات (ar) (Kherryjat) f pl
• Armenian: սան (hy) (san)
• Bulgarian: възпитаник (bg) (vǎzpitanik)

• Czech: absolvent (cs) m
• French: diplômé (fr) m
• Russian: выпускник (ru) (vypuskník) m
• Spanish: exalumno (es), egresado (es)

a student

• Arabic: طالب (ar) (Talyb) m, طالبة (ar) (Talybah) f, طلبة (ar) (Talabah) m pl, طالبات (ar) (Talybat) f pl
• Finnish: opiskelija (fi)
• French: étudiant (fr) m

• German: Student (de)
• Portuguese: aluno (pt) m
• Swedish: student (sv) c, studenter (sv) pl

a graduate

• Arabic: خريج (ar) (Kherryj) m, خريجة (ar) (Kherryjah) f, خريجون (ar) (kherryjoon) m pl, خريجات (ar) (Kherryjat) f pl
• Finnish: valmistunut opiskelija

• French: diplômé (fr) m
• Japanese: 卒業生 (ja) (sotsugyōsei)
• Swedish: alumn (sv) c, alumner (sv) c pl

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Latin

Etymology

Consists of alu-mnu-s. Derived from the Latin verb alō (“I nourish”), alere (“to nourish”). The suffix used for the derivation (-mnu-) stems from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, *-mno-.

Adjective

alumnus m (feminine alumna, neuter alumnum); first/second declension

1. that is nourished, fostered etc

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	alumnus	alumna	alumnum		alumnī	alumnae	alumna
genitive	alumnī	alumnae	alumnī		alumnōrum	alumnārum	alumnōrum
dative	alumnō	alumnae	alumnō		alumnīs	alumnīs	alumnīs
accusative	alumnum	alumnam	alumnum		alumnōs	alumnās	alumna
ablative	alumnō	alumnā	alumnō		alumnīs	alumnīs	alumnīs
vocative	alumne	alumna	alumnum		alumnī	alumnae	alumna

Noun

alumnus (genitive alumnī); m, second declension

1. nursling, pupil, fosterson

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	alumnus	alumnī
genitive	alumnī	alumnōrum
dative	alumnō	alumnīs
accusative	alumnum	alumnōs
ablative	alumnō	alumnīs
vocative	alumne	alumnī

Descendants

• English: alumnus
• Italian: alunno
• Spanish: alumno