alumn
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English
Noun
alumn (plural alumns)
- Alternative spelling of alum
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.[1][2] First attested in 1602.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
alumn m pers
- (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
- (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
- (obsolete) student receiving free education and support
Declension
Declension of alumn
Related terms
noun
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alumn”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alumn”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ 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)
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
Noun
alumn c
Usage notes
The Latin plural alumni also occurs sometimes in Swedish texts.
Declension
Declension of alumn
References
- alumn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- alumn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- alumn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)