alumn

English

Noun

alumn (plural alumns)

  1. Alternative spelling of alum

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.[1][2] First attested in 1602.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.lumn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -alumn
  • Syllabification: a‧lumn

Noun

alumn m pers

  1. (Roman Catholicism) seminarian, seminarist (student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary)
    Synonyms: kleryk, seminarzysta
    alumn seminarium ― a seminarian of a seminary
    formacja alumnów ― the formation of seminarians
  2. (education) alumnus, graduate (person who has graduated)
    przyszły alumn ― a future alumnus
    uczyć alumna ― to teach an alumnus
    zostać alumnem ― to become an alumnus
    alumn studiuje ― an alumnus studies (at university)
    alumn uczy się ― an alumnus learns
  3. (obsolete) student receiving free education and support

Declension
Declension of alumn
singular plural
nominative alumn alumni/alumnowie
genitive alumna alumnów
dative alumnowi alumnom
accusative alumna alumnów
instrumental alumnem alumnami
locative alumnie alumnach
vocative alumnie alumni/alumnowie
noun

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alumn”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alumn”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (16.07.2009) “ALUMN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading
  • alumn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alumn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alumn”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alumn”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alumn”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

Derived from Latin alumnus through German Alumnus or Italian alunno.

Noun

alumn m (plural alumni, feminine equivalent alumnă)

  1. disciple, student

Declension
Declension of alumn
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) alumn alumnul (niște) alumni alumnii
genitive/dative (unui) alumn alumnului (unor) alumni alumnilor
vocative alumnule alumnilor

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alumnus.

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
Declension of alumn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alumn alumnen alumner alumnerna
Genitive alumns alumnens alumners alumnernas

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