English

Noun

pneuma ‎(plural pneumas or pneumata)

1. (music) a neume

   • 1922: With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom. — James Joyce, Ulysses

2. the spirit or soul
3. (Gnosticism) one of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul

Derived terms

• pneumatic

Spanish

Noun

pneuma m ‎(plural pneumas)

1. Obsolete form of neuma.