alumna
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈlʌmnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
alumna (plural alumnae or alumni or alumnas)
- A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
- A female graduate.
Hypernyms
Related terms
Translations
a female pupil or student
a female graduate
a student
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Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
alumna
- inflection of alumnus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
alumnā
- ablative feminine singular of alumnus
Noun
alumna f (genitive alumnae, masculine alumnus); first declension
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
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)
- 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)
- female equivalent of alumno: female student
Further reading
- “alumno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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)
- female equivalent of alumno: alumna (female graduate)
- (dated) female equivalent of alumno: alumna (female pupil or student)
- Synonyms: mag-aaral, estudyante
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “alumna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018