alumna

English

Etymology

From Latin alumna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈlʌmnə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

alumna (plural alumnae or alumni or alumnas)

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

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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.

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
  • Romanian: alumnă
  • 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.

Portuguese

Noun

alumna f (plural alumnas)

  1. female equivalent of alumno

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlumna/ [aˈlũm.na]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -umna
  • Syllabification: a‧lum‧na

Noun

alumna f (plural alumnas)

  1. female equivalent of alumno: female student

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alumna, from Latin alumna. The modern sense is a semantic loan from English alumna.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlumna/ [ʔɐˈlum.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -umna
  • Syllabification: a‧lum‧na

Noun

alumna (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜈ)

  1. female equivalent of alumno: alumna (female graduate)
    Synonyms: alumnay, (dated) eksalumna
  2. (dated) female equivalent of alumno: alumna (female pupil or student)
    Synonyms: mag-aaral, estudyante

See also

Further reading

  • alumna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018