Alumnus — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæθɑːɹtˌɪdiː/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈaɡaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈaɡaɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæθɑːɹtˌɪdiː/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

alumna graduate alum grad

Word Forms

graduate

verb

confer an academic degree upon

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Absolvent

eine Person, die einen Schulabschluss (Gymnasium, Hochschule oder Universität) erworben hat

🇫🇷French

ancien élève

une personne qui a obtenu un diplôme d'une école (lycée, collège ou université)

🇪🇸Spanish

antiguo alumno

una persona que ha recibido un título de una escuela (escuela secundaria o colegio o universidad)

🇮🇹Italian

alunno

una persona che ha conseguito una laurea in una scuola (scuola superiore o college o università)

🇵🇹Portuguese

ex-aluno

uma pessoa que recebeu um diploma de uma escola (ensino médio ou faculdade ou universidade)

🇷🇺Russian

выпускник

человек, получивший степень в школе (средней школе, колледже или университете)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भूतपूर्व छात्र

एक व्यक्ति जिसने किसी स्कूल (हाई स्कूल या कॉलेज या विश्वविद्यालय) से डिग्री प्राप्त की है

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রাক্তন ছাত্র

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি একটি স্কুল থেকে ডিগ্রী পেয়েছেন (হাই স্কুল বা কলেজ বা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়)

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்னாள் மாணவர்

ஒரு பள்ளியில் பட்டம் பெற்ற ஒருவர் (உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி அல்லது கல்லூரி அல்லது பல்கலைக்கழகம்)

🇮🇳Telugu

పూర్వ విద్యార్థి

పాఠశాల (ఉన్నత పాఠశాల లేదా కళాశాల లేదా విశ్వవిద్యాలయం) నుండి డిగ్రీ పొందిన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

माजी विद्यार्थी

एखादी व्यक्ती ज्याने शाळेतून पदवी प्राप्त केली आहे (उच्च शाळा किंवा महाविद्यालय किंवा विद्यापीठ)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભૂતપૂર્વ વિદ્યાર્થી

એક વ્યક્તિ કે જેણે શાળામાંથી ડિગ્રી પ્રાપ્ત કરી છે (હાઈ સ્કૂલ અથવા કૉલેજ અથવા યુનિવર્સિટી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ

ಶಾಲೆಯಿಂದ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ (ಪ್ರೌಢಶಾಲೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾಲೇಜು ಅಥವಾ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൂർവ്വ വിദ്യാർത്ഥി

ഒരു സ്കൂളിൽ നിന്ന് ബിരുദം നേടിയ ഒരാൾ (ഹൈസ്കൂൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കോളേജ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਾਬਕਾ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਕੂਲ (ਹਾਈ ਸਕੂਲ ਜਾਂ ਕਾਲਜ ਜਾਂ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ) ਤੋਂ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سابق طالب علم

وہ شخص جس نے کسی اسکول (ہائی اسکول یا کالج یا یونیورسٹی) سے ڈگری حاصل کی ہو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

校友

已从学校（高中、学院或大学）获得学位的人

🇯🇵Japanese

卒業生

学校（高校、専門学校、大学）で学位を取得した人

🇰🇷Korean

학생

학교(고등학교 또는 전문대학)에서 학위를 받은 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sinh viên

một người đã nhận được bằng cấp từ một trường học (trung học hoặc cao đẳng hoặc đại học)

🇹🇭Thai

ศิษย์เก่า

ผู้ที่ได้รับปริญญาจากโรงเรียน (มัธยมปลาย วิทยาลัย หรือมหาวิทยาลัย)

🇮🇩Indonesian

lulusan

seseorang yang telah menerima gelar dari sekolah (sekolah menengah atas atau perguruan tinggi atau universitas)

🇲🇾Malay

alumni

seseorang yang telah menerima ijazah dari sekolah (sekolah menengah atau kolej atau universiti)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الخريج

الشخص الذي حصل على شهادة من مدرسة (مدرسة ثانوية أو كلية أو جامعة)

🇮🇷Persian

فارغ التحصیل

شخصی که مدرکی از یک مدرسه (دبیرستان یا کالج یا دانشگاه) دریافت کرده است.

🇹🇷Turkish

mezun

bir okuldan (lise veya kolej veya üniversite) diploma almış bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

בּוֹגֵר

אדם שקיבל תואר מבית ספר (תיכון או מכללה או אוניברסיטה)

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The primary meaning of 'alumnus' is 'a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)'.

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Using 'alumnus' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'alumnus' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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