Meanings
plural alumni · plural alumnas · plural alumnae · obsolete plural alumnæ
- A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
1 more example
The disaster was shattering to Mystic’s thousands of alumnae, even if they hadn’t set foot there for decades. […] Within the first hours and days, there were text chains, prayer services, old photos shared on private Facebook pages, and teary alumnae gatherings, including one at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. […] Nearly every alumna has a personal story about the family.
2026 February 24, Ruth Graham, “How the Flood Fractured the Tightknit Camp Mystic Community”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026 - A female graduate.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinalumna
- Latinalumna
- Englishalumna
Learned borrowing from Latin alumna.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French étudiante, élève
- étudiantea female pupil or student
- élèvea female pupil or student
- diplôméea female graduate
Portuguese aluna, diplomada
- alunaa female pupil or student
- diplomadaa female graduate
Russian ученица, студентка
- ученица (učenica)a female pupil or student
- студентка (studentka)a female pupil or student
- выпускница (vypusknica)a female graduate
Spanish alumna, antigua alumna
- alumnaa female pupil or student
- antigua alumnaa female graduate
- ex alumnaa female graduate
- graduadaa female graduate
- diplomadaa female graduate
- tituladaa female graduate
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Cite this entry
alumna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumna
“alumna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumna. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alumna,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumna.
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