alumna definition

English alumna definition

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

Anagrams

• Lauman, Manual, manual

Latin alumna definition

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.

Descendants

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

References

• “alumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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

Spanish alumna definition

Noun

alumna f (plural alumnas)

1. female equivalent of alumno; female student

Further reading

• “alumno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014