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Word: Neume
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French neume, from medieval Latin neu(p)ma, from Greek pneuma ‘breath’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
njuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in plainsong) a note or group of notes to be sung to a single syllable.
Short Definition:(in plainsong) note or group of notes to be sung to single syllable
Variant Forms:
- neum
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