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neum

neum is the alternative form of neume.

Meaning of neume

Noun

neume (plural neumes)

  1. Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation.
  2. A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable.

Proper noun capitalized: Neum

Neum

  1. A town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Forms of neum

pluralneums

Origin of neum

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nèum.

Questions about neum

What does neum mean?
Neum means a town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What is neum the alternative form of?
Neum is the alternative form of neume.
What part of speech is neum?
Neum is a proper noun.

Words near neum in the dictionary

  1. Neukirch-Uchida theorem
  2. neuks
  3. Neukölln
  4. Neulette
  5. Neulussheim
  6. neum
  7. neuma
  8. neumae
  9. Neuman
  10. Neumann
  11. Neumann effect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neum (page history and authors); Neum (page history and authors); neume (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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