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pneuma

/ˈnjuːmə/

pneuma noun: a neume.

Noun

pneuma (plural pneumas or pneumata)

  1. A neume.
    • With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
  2. The spirit or soul.
    • But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma2019, Maynard Keenan James, “Pneuma”, in Fear Inoculum, performed by Tool
  3. One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.

pneuma meaning in Urdu

pneuma in Urdu

دم, سانس

Forms of pneuma

pluralpneumas
pluralpneumata

Origin of pneuma

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.

Words formed from pneuma

Words that rhyme with pneuma

Questions about pneuma

What does pneuma mean?
Pneuma means a neume.
What is pneuma in Urdu?
Pneuma in Urdu is دم, سانس. See Pneuma meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is pneuma?
Pneuma is a noun.
How do you pronounce pneuma?
Pneuma is pronounced /ˈnjuːmə/.
What is the plural of pneuma?
The plural of pneuma is pneumas.

Words near pneuma in the dictionary

  1. pneometers
  2. PNES
  3. pneudraulic
  4. pneudraulics
  5. pneum-
  6. pneuma
  7. pneumas
  8. pneumases
  9. pneumasis
  10. pneumat-
  11. pneumata

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