"alumna" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈlʌmnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alumna.wav [Southern-England] Forms: alumnae [plural], alumnæ [archaic, plural], alumnus [masculine]
Etymology: From Latin alumna. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|alumna}} Latin alumna Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|alumnae|or|alumnæ|masculine|alumnus|f2qual=archaic}} alumna (plural alumnae or (archaic) alumnæ, masculine alumnus)
  1. A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college). Categories (topical): Female people Translations (a female pupil or student): étudiante [feminine] (French), élève [feminine] (French), aluna [feminine] (Portuguese), alumna [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (a student): étudiante [feminine] (French), estudiante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alumna-en-noun-XflOwUZi Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a female pupil or student': 59 41 Disambiguation of 'a student': 84 16
  2. A female graduate. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (a female graduate): diplômée [feminine] (French), diplomada [feminine] (Portuguese), antigua alumna [feminine] (Spanish), ex alumna [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (a graduate): diplômée [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-alumna-en-noun-rnjO57aW Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'a female graduate': 25 75 Disambiguation of 'a graduate': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (of any gender): alum, alumn, alumni [often, proscribed], alumnx Hypernyms (of unspecified gender): alumnus Related terms: alum, alumnae, alumni, alumnus
Disambiguation of 'of any gender': 35 65 Disambiguation of 'of unspecified gender': 10 90

Inflected forms

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