"neume" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /njuːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /n(j)um/ [General-American] Forms: neumes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From 15th c. Middle English newme, nevme, neme; from Middle French neume, in turn from Medieval Latin neuma or pneuma, either from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”) or νεῦμα (neûma, “sign”), or else a corruption of πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”). Doublet of pneuma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pnew-}}, {{inh|en|enm|newme}} Middle English newme, {{m|enm|nevme}} nevme, {{m|enm|neme}} neme, {{der|en|frm|neume}} Middle French neume, {{der|en|ML.|neuma}} Medieval Latin neuma, {{m|la|pneuma}} pneuma, {{der|en|grc|πνεῦμα||breath}} Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”), {{m|grc|νεῦμα||sign}} νεῦμα (neûma, “sign”), {{m|grc|πνεῦμα||breath}} πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”), {{doublet|en|pneuma}} Doublet of pneuma Head templates: {{en-noun}} neume (plural neumes)
  1. (music) Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. Categories (topical): Music Translations (sign used in early musical notation): neumi (Finnish), neume [masculine] (French), Neume [feminine] (German), neuma (Hungarian), neuma [feminine] (Italian), neuma (Polish), neuma [masculine] (Portuguese), не́вма (névma) [feminine] (Russian), nèuma [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), нѐума [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), neuma [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-neume-en-noun-2yEvVbho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'sign used in early musical notation': 96 4
  2. (music) A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-neume-en-noun-LTAzehmv Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neum, pneume [archaic]

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} neume f
  1. plural of neuma Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: neuma
    Sense id: en-neume-it-noun-iFk9-dD0 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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