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pneume

pneume 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.

Forms of pneume

pluralpneumes

Questions about pneume

What is pneume the alternative form of?
Pneume is the alternative form of neume.

Words near pneume in the dictionary

  1. pneumatoses
  2. pneumatosis
  3. pneumatotaxy
  4. pneumatothorax
  5. pneumaturia
  6. pneume
  7. pneumectomies
  8. pneumectomy
  9. pneumes
  10. pneumic acid
  11. pneumo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pneume (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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