alumne

Catalan

Noun

alumne m or f by sense (plural alumnes)

1. pupil, student

Latin

Noun

alumne

1. vocative singular of alumnus

Spanish

Etymology

From alumno and alumna; see -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlumne/ [aˈlũm.ne]
• Rhymes: -umne
• Syllabification: a‧lum‧ne

Noun

alumne gender-neutral (plural alumnes, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas, masculine alumno, masculine plural alumnos)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism) student
   • 2019, Mercedes Sánchez Sáinz, Pedagogías queer: ¿Nos arriesgamos a hacer otra educación?, Los Libros de la Catarata, →ISBN:

     Muches de mis alumnes vienen del activismo, muches han leído ya un montón de aportaciones y todes han vivido más de veinte años.

     Many of my students come from activism, many have already read a lot of contributions and all have lived more than twenty years.

Usage notes

• The letters x or e, or alternatively the symbol @, are occasionally used as gender-neutralizing letters in Spanish. Examples include novix in place of novia and novio, amigue in place of amiga and amigo, and latin@ instead of latina and latino.