different between alumnae vs alumna

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mni?/, /??l?mne?/

Noun

alumnae

1. plural of alumna

Related terms

• alumni

Anagrams

• Manuela, Melanau, alumane

Latin

Adjective

alumnae

1. nominative feminine plural of alumnus
2. genitive feminine singular of alumnus
3. dative feminine singular of alumnus
4. vocative feminine plural of alumnus

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