alumna

English

Etymology

From Latin alumna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlʌmnə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

alumna (plural alumnae or (archaic) alumnæ, masculine alumnus)

1. A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
2. A female graduate.

Hypernyms

• (of any gender): alum or alumn, alumni (often proscribed), alumnx
• (of unspecified gender): alumnus

Related terms

• alum
• alumnae
• alumni
• alumnus

Translations

a female pupil or student

• French: étudiante (fr) f, élève (fr) f
• Portuguese: aluna f

• Spanish: alumna (es) f

a female graduate

• French: diplômée (fr) f
• Portuguese: diplomada f

• Spanish: antigua alumna f, ex alumna f

a student

• French: étudiante (fr) f

• Spanish: estudiante (es)

a graduate

• French: diplômée (fr) f

Anagrams

• Lauman, Manual, manual

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Latin

Adjective

alumna

1. inflection of alumnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

alumnā

1. ablative feminine singular of alumnus

Noun

alumna f (genitive alumnae, masculine alumnus); first declension

1. nursling, pupil
2. foster daughter

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alumna	alumnae
Genitive	alumnae	alumnārum
Dative	alumnae	alumnīs
Accusative	alumnam	alumnās
Ablative	alumnā	alumnīs
Vocative	alumna	alumnae

Descendants

• English: alumna
• Catalan: alumne
• Italian: alunna
• Portuguese: aluna
• Spanish: alumna

References

• “alumna”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “alumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alumna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Spanish

Noun

alumna f (plural alumnas)

1. female equivalent of alumno