alumna
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Noun edit
alumna (plural alumnae or (archaic) alumnæ, masculine alumnus)
- A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
- A female graduate.
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a female pupil or student
a female graduate
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a student
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Latin edit
Adjective edit
alumna
- inflection of alumnus:
Adjective edit
alumnā
Noun edit
alumna f (genitive alumnae, masculine alumnus); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | alumna | alumnae |
Genitive | alumnae | alumnārum |
Dative | alumnae | alumnīs |
Accusative | alumnam | alumnās |
Ablative | alumnā | alumnīs |
Vocative | alumna | alumnae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alumna f (plural alumnas)
- female equivalent of alumno; female student
Further reading edit
- “alumno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014