neume
UK/njuːm//n(j)um/
neume noun: any of a set of signs used in early musical notation.
Noun
neume (plural neumes)
Forms of neume
| plural | neumes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | neum |
| alternative form | neuma |
| alternative form | pneume |
Origin of neume
From 15th c. Middle English newme, nevme, neme; from Middle French neume, in turn from Medieval Latin neuma or pneuma, either from Ancient Greek νεῦμα (neûma, “sign”), or else a corruption of πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”). In the latter case a doublet of pneuma.
Words formed from neume
Words that rhyme with neume
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- gloom
- home
- presume
- whom
- womb
- resume
- tomb
- abloom
- legume
- loom
- rheum
- backroom
- boardroom
- combe
- coomb
- entomb
- enwomb
- exhume
- flume
- grume
- kaboom
- Khartoum
- packing room
- shroom
- sloom
- subsume
- absume
- addoom
- anteroom
- barroom
- bitume
- brume
- chum
- cloom
- cwm
- desume
- fixing room
- foredoom
- fwoom
- glume
- illume
- khoum
- locker room
- raying room
- simoom
- spume
- thoom
- toom
Questions about neume
- What does neume mean?
- Neume means any of a set of signs used in early musical notation.
- What part of speech is neume?
- Neume is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neume?
- Neume is pronounced /njuːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of neume?
- The plural of neume is neumes.
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Source and license
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