alumno
Latin
Noun
alumnō
- dative/ablative singular of alumnus
References
- “alumno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alumno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- alumno in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Noun
alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)
- Obsolete spelling of aluno (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlumno/ [aˈlũm.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -umno
- Syllabification: a‧lum‧no
Noun
alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)
- pupil, student, learner
- Synonym: estudiante
Usage notes
- alumno is a false friend and does not mean alumnus. The Spanish word for alumnus is exalumno.
Derived terms
- alumnado
- centro de alumnos
Further reading
- “alumno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014