πνεύμα
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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma).
Pronunciation
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
Declension of πνεύμα
Derived terms
- Άγιο Πνεύμα n (Ágio Pnévma, “Holy Spirit”)
- αθλητικό πνεύμα n (athlitikó pnévma, “sportsmanship, sporting spirit”)
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
