different between pupil vs alumnus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pju?p?l/
• Hyphenation: pu?pil
• Rhymes: -u?p?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin p?pillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of p?pulus (“little boy”), from p?pus (“child, boy”).

Noun

pupil (plural pupils)

2. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
   • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

     The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
3. (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

Usage notes

• A pupil is typically a young person, such as a schoolchild. Older learners, e.g. at university, are generally called students.

Translations

See also

• learnling

Etymology 2

From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin p?pilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

Noun

pupil (plural pupils)

1. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
2. (zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.

Derived terms

• pupilar
• pupilary
• pupillary

Translations

Further reading

• Pupil in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• pipul

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin p?pillus. Doublet of pubill.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pu?pil/

Noun

pupil m (plural pupils, feminine pupil·la)

1. orphan

   Synonym: orfe

Further reading

• “pupil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pupil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pupil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pupil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin p?pilla (“little girl”), diminutive of p?pa (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pupil/, [p?u?p?il?]

Noun

pupil c (singular definite pupillen, plural indefinite pupiller)

1. pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Declension

References

• “pupil” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py?p?l/
• Hyphenation: pu?pil
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin p?pilla.

Noun

pupil f (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)

1. pupil (aperture of the eye)

   Synonym: oogappel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French pupille, from Latin p?pillus.

Noun

pupil m (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)

1. (chiefly sports) minor, generally a prepubescent child over the age of 5
2. favoured student, protégé
3. institutionalised pupil (one who receives an upbringing or education in an institution)
4. (archaic) orphan

   Synonym: wees

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English pupil, from Middle French pupille, from Latin p?pilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pupel/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pup?l/
• Rhymes: -upel, -pel, -el

Noun

pupil (Jawi spelling ??????, plural pupil-pupil, informal 1st possessive pupilku, impolite 2nd possessive pupilmu, 3rd possessive pupilnya)

1. (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Synonyms

• anak mata / ??? ????

Polish

Etymology

From French pupille, from Latin p?pilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu.p?il/

Noun

pupil m pers (diminutive pupilek, feminine pupilka)

1. favorite son, favored student, protégé
2. (archaic) pupil (learner)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pupilarny

Further reading

• pupil in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pupil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French pupille, from Latin pupillus.

Noun

pupil m (plural pupili)

1. pupil

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alumnus (literally “foster child, nourished one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mn?s/

Noun

alumnus (plural alumni or alumnuses, feminine alumna)

1. A male pupil or student.
2. A male graduate.
3. A student of any gender.
4. A graduate of any gender.

Usage notes

Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.

Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.

Hypernyms

• (of any gender): alum or alumn, alumni (often proscribed), alumnx

Related terms

• alumnae/alumnæ
• alum
• alma mater
• alimony
• alimentary

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?al?mn?s]
• Hyphenation: alum?nus

Noun

alumnus (first-person possessive alumnusku, second-person possessive alumnusmu, third-person possessive alumnusnya)

1. alumnus.

Alternative forms

• alumni

Further reading

• “alumnus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *alomanos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el-o-mh?no- (“being nourished”), mediopassive participle (see *-mh?nos) of *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) (whence al?).
• Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) + *-mno- (see *-mn?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [ä????mn?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [??lumnus]

Adjective

alumnus (feminine alumna, neuter alumnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Nourished, fostered, etc.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

alumnus m (genitive alumn?); second declension

1. Nursling, pupil
2. foster son.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: alumnus
• Catalan: alumne
• Italian: alunno
• Portuguese: aluno
• Spanish: alumno

References

• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alumnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette