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pneuma

  • /ˈnjuːmə/

Rhymes with -uːmə

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

noun pneumas · pneumata

  1. A neume. With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.
  2. The spirit or soul. But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma
  3. One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.

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noun neume

Españolpneuma

noun spirit or soul

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"pneuma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pneuma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{pneuma_2026,
  title = {pneuma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pneuma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}