pneuma

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnjuːmə/

Noun

pneuma (plural pneumas or pneumata)

  1. (music) A neume.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
      With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.
  2. The spirit or soul.
  3. (Gnosticism) One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

pneuma m (plural pneumas)

  1. Obsolete form of neuma.
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