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Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

alumnus (plural alumni or alumnuses, feminine alumna)

A male pupil or student. A male graduate. A student of any gender. A graduate of any gender.

Usage notes Edit

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

Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.

Hypernyms Edit

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

Related terms Edit

Translations Edit

a male pupil or student Arabic: طَالِب m ( ṭālib ) , طَلَبَة m pl ( ṭalaba )

, Bulgarian: питомник ( pitomnik )

Czech: žák (cs) m , student (cs) m

, Finnish: miespuolinen opiskelija

French: étudiant (fr) m , élève (fr) m

, Galician: universitario (gl) m

German: Student (de) m Korean: 남학생 (ko) ( namhaksaeng )

Malay: alumni

Persian: دانش‌آموز (fa) دانشجو (fa)

Portuguese: aluno (pt) m

Russian: учени́к (ru) m ( učeník ) , студе́нт (ru) m ( studént )

, Spanish: alumno (es)

a male graduate Arabic: خِرِّيج m ( ḵirrīj ) , خِرِّيجُون m pl ( ḵirrījūn )

, Armenian: սան (hy) ( san )

Bulgarian: възпитаник (bg) ( vǎzpitanik )

Czech: absolvent (cs) m

Finnish: miespuolinen alumni French: diplômé (fr) m , ancien élève

, Persian: فارغ‌التحصیل (fa)

Portuguese: diplomado m , graduado (pt) m

, Russian: выпускни́к (ru) m ( vypuskník )

Spanish: exalumno egresado (es)

a student Arabic: طَالِب m ( ṭālib ) , طَالِبَة f ( ṭāliba ) , طَلَبَة m pl ( ṭalaba ) , طَالِبَات f pl ( ṭālibāt )

, , , Czech: student (cs) m , studentka (cs) f

, Finnish: opiskelija (fi)

French: étudiant (fr) m , étudiante (fr) f German: Student (de)

Portuguese: aluno (pt) m

Swedish: student (sv) c , studenter (sv) pl