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Kommilitone

fellow student (at university)

noun ko-mi-li-TOH-ne Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: from Latin commilito (fellow soldier)

Usage Note

Kommilitone is the term for a fellow university student, still widely used in formal and informal academic speech. The feminine is Kommilitonin. Professors address the lecture hall as Liebe Kommilitonen und Kommilitoninnen (Dear fellow students).

Examples

"Ein Kommilitone hat ihm die Vorlesungsnotizen geliehen."

Natural Translation

A fellow student lent him the lecture notes.

Literal Translation

A fellow-student has him the lecture-notes lent.

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