πνεύμα
See also: πνεῦμα
Greek
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈpnev.ma/
 - Hyphenation: πνεύ‧μα
 
Noun
    
πνεύμα • (pnévma) n (plural πνεύματα)
- spirit, the (soul)
 - spirit, the immaterial element of human being in contrast to the body
 - spirit (a spiritual being)
 - spirit (the special character or meaning of something)
 - intellect
- οι τιτάνες της τέχνης και του πνεύματος ― oi titánes tis téchnis kai tou pnévmatos ― the titans of art and spirit (intellect/culture)
 
 - humor
- κάνω πνεύμα ― káno pnévma ― I tell a joke
 
 - (grammar) a diacritic used in the polytonic writing system of Greek language indicating a smooth or rough breathing
 
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
Related terms
    
- ξυλόπνευμα n (xylópnevma, “wood spirit”)
 - οινόπνευμα n (oinópnevma, “ethyl alcohol”) & derivatives
 - πνευματικός m (pnevmatikós, “priest”)
 - πνευματικός (pnevmatikós, “spiritual”)
 - πνευματικότητα f (pnevmatikótita, “spirituality”)
 - πνευματισμός m (pnevmatismós, “spiritism, spiritualism”)
 - πνευματιστής m (pnevmatistís, “spiritist”)
 - πνευματιστικός (pnevmatistikós, “spiritualistic”)
 - πνευματο- (pnevmato-), πνευματό- (pnevmató-) prefixes
 - πνευματοκρατία f (pnevmatokratía, “spiritualism”) (philosophy)
 - πνευματώδης (pnevmatódis, “intelligent”)
 - πνευμο- (pnevmo-) prefix for medical terms
 - πνεύμονας m (pnévmonas, “lung”) & derivatives
 - πνευμονο- (pnevmono-), πνευμονό- (pnevmonó-) prefixes for medical terms
 - πνοή f (pnoḯ, “breath; breeze”)
 - and see: πνέω (pnéo, “blow”)
 
Further reading
    
 πνεύμα on the Greek  Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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