"neume" meaning in English

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Noun

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, {{der|en|frm|neume}} Middle French neume, {{der|en|ML.|neuma}} Medieval Latin neuma, {{der|en|grc|πνεῦμα||breath}} Ancient Greek 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'sign used in early musical notation': 97 3
  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]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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