Dictionary

alumni en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈlʊmnaj/ (South-Asia)
• /əˈlʌmnaɪ/
• /ələmˈnaj/ (South-Asia)
• /-i/ (South-Asia)
• /ˈaləmnaj/ (South-Asia)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin alumni.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of alumnus
   form of alumnus
   • The alumni of this university include many famous artists and politicians.
2. (proscribed, sometimes) An individual alumnus or alumna.
   • EMBA alumnis and other 2022, Elina Auvinen, Mari Huhtala, Johanna Rantanen, Taru Feldt, “Drivers or Drifters? The “Who” and “Why” of Leader Role Occupancy—A Mixed-Method Study”, in Zeynep Aycan, Mustafa F. Ozbilgin, Kim Yin Chan, editors, What Is Wrong with Leader Emergence?, Frontiers Media, →ISBN, page 34:
   • Happy alumnis: / - enforces brand / - donors to school / - recommend program 2008, Pär Mårtensson, Magnus Bild, Kristina Nilsson, editors, Teaching and Learning at Business Schools: Transforming Business Education, Gower Publishing, →ISBN, page 186:
   • In the Indonesian context, a recommendation as such is surprising, considering the fact that a part of the Bali Bombing actors are alumnis of the Al Mukmin Ngruki Surakarta Pesantren. 2005, Abdul Wasik, Islamic Education in South and South East Asia: Diversity, Problems, and Strategy, RIDEP Institute, →ISBN, page 9:
   • An alumni of AmeriCorps, she has been trained as a red-carded firefighter and a national park ranger. 2002, Jack Canfield et al., Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship:
3. (form-of, plural) plural of alumna
   form of alumna
4. (form-of, plural) plural of alum
   form of alum

Forms

Deriveds

alumniship

Hyponyms

alumnus · alumna

Synonyms

alumnx (of any gender) · alumn (of any gender) · alum (of any gender)