FromAncient Greekπνεῦμα(pneûma,“wind, breath, spirit”), fromπνέω(pnéō,“I blow, breathe”).Doublet ofneume.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːmə/

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• Rhymes:-uːmə

pneuma (pluralpneumasorpneumata)

1. (music) Aneume.
   • 1922, James Joyce,Ulysses:

     With swaying arms they wail inpneuma over the recreant Bloom.

2. Thespirit orsoul.
   • 2019, Maynard Keenan James, “Pneuma”, inFear Inoculum‎^[1], performed by Tool:

     But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / BecomePneuma

3. (Gnosticism) One of three levels of a human being, thespirit, along with thebody andsoul.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneuma/[ˈneu̯.ma]
• Rhymes:-euma
• Syllabification:pneu‧ma

pneuma m (pluralpneumas)

1. alternative form ofneuma;pneuma

• “pneuma”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “pneuma”, inDiccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

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