different between alumn vs alumna

English

Noun

alumn (plural alumns)

1. Alternative spelling of alum

Anagrams

• Lanum, Luman, Mulan, Ulman, alnum, manul, namul

Swedish

Noun

alumn c

1. alumnus (a graduate of a college or university)
2. (archaic) a student at a grammar school

Usage notes

The Latin plural alumni also occurs sometimes in Swedish texts.

Declension

Anagrams

• mulan, mulna

English

Etymology

From Latin alumna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mn?/

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

• Manual, manual

Latin

Adjective

alumna

1. nominative feminine singular of alumnus
2. nominative neuter plural of alumnus
3. accusative neuter plural of alumnus
4. vocative feminine singular of alumnus
5. vocative neuter plural of alumnus

Adjective

alumn?

1. ablative feminine singular of alumnus

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

Noun

alumna f (plural alumnas, masculine alumno, masculine plural alumnos)

1. female equivalent of alumno