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Resources for Alumni: Alumni, Alumnus, Alumnae ...what's the difference?

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Alumni, Alumnus, Alumnae, Alumna ...what's the difference?

From the Latin meaning "student", used today to refer to graduates:

Alumni = (plural; masculine) refers to a group of both male and female graduates as well as a group of male graduates.

Alumnae = (plural, female) refers to a group of female graduates

Alumnus = (singular, masculine) refers to an individual male graduate

Alumna = (singular; female) refers to an individual female graduate

 

Last updated May, 2021.