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alumni

/əˈlʌmnaɪ/

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South Asia/əˈlʊmnaj/

alumni is the plural of alumnus.

alumni is the plural of alumna.

alumni is the plural of alum.

Meaning of alumnus

Noun

alumnus (plural alumni or alumnuses)

  1. A male pupil or student.
  2. A male graduate.
  3. A student of any gender.
  4. A graduate of any gender.

Meaning of alumna

Noun

alumna (plural alumni or alumnas or alumnae or (obsolete) alumnæ)

  1. A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
    • 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...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
  2. A female graduate.

Noun

alumni (plural alumni or alumnis)

  1. (proscribed, sometimes) An individual alumnus or alumna.
    • 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
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    alum, alumn, alumnx

Synonyms of alumni

Forms of alumni

pluralalumni
pluralalumnis

Origin of alumni

From Latin alumni.

Words formed from alumni

Phrases with alumni

Questions about alumni

What does alumni mean?
Alumni means an individual alumnus or alumna.
What is alumni the plural of?
Alumni is the plural of alumnus.
What part of speech is alumni?
Alumni is a noun.
How do you pronounce alumni?
Alumni is pronounced /əˈlʌmnaɪ/.
What is the plural of alumni?
The plural of alumni is alumni.

Words near alumni in the dictionary

  1. alumn
  2. alumna
  3. alumnae
  4. alumnal
  5. alumnas
  6. alumni
  7. alumni association
  8. alumni associations
  9. alumnis
  10. alumniship
  11. alumnol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alumni (page history and authors); alumnus (page history and authors); alumna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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