alumn

English

Noun

alumn (plural alumns)

1. Alternative spelling of alum

Anagrams

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus. First attested in 1602.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lumn/

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• 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

Related terms

noun

• alumnat

 

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alumn	alumnul		alumni	alumnii
genitive-dative	alumn	alumnului		alumni	alumnilor
vocative	alumnule			alumnilor

Further reading

• alumn in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alumn	alumns
	definite	alumnen	alumnens
plural	indefinite	alumner	alumners
	definite	alumnerna	alumnernas

References

• alumn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• alumn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• alumn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• mulan, mulna