alumni

فِي ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ:

Etymology

From Latin alumni

اسم

alumni

1. صِيغَةُ جَمْعٍ مُفْرَدُهَا [[alumnus]]

Indicates both males and females.

1. The alumni of this university include many famous artists and politicians.

Usage notes

The plural alumni is often mistaken for singular, as in I am an alumni of this university. Google, for example, shows about 14,000 hits for "an alumni of" versus about 60,000 for "an alumnus of". The next logical step, alumnis as plural, is also seen. This sort of shift is normal in language usage, but the language of higher education should err on the side of conservatism. Therefore, alumni as singular should still be considered incorrect despite its widening usage.

Related terms

• alumna
• alumnae
• alumni association
• alumnus