"alumni" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈlʌmnaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alumni.wav
Etymology: From Latin alumni. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{uder|en|la|alumni}} Latin alumni Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} alumni
  1. plural of alumnus Tags: form-of, plural Form of: alumnus
    Sense id: en-alumni-en-noun-XBYzEp7w Categories (other): English plurals in -i with singular in -us, -os or -o
  2. plural of alumna Tags: form-of, plural Form of: alumna
    Sense id: en-alumni-en-noun-rLgzDZEv Categories (other): English plurals in -i

Noun

IPA: /əˈlʌmnaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alumni.wav Forms: alumni [plural], alumnis [plural]
Etymology: From Latin alumni. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{uder|en|la|alumni}} Latin alumni Head templates: {{en-noun|alumni|+}} alumni (plural alumni or alumnis)
  1. (sometimes proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Synonyms (of any gender): alum, alumn [US], alumnx Hyponyms: alumna [feminine], alumnus (english: of unspecified gender or masculine) Derived forms: alumniship
    Sense id: en-alumni-en-noun-D3YN3~-2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 6 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 9 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 1 15 40 35 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 13 40 35 1 1

Inflected forms

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