pneumonia

From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuˈməʊniə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /nuˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊnjə/

pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)

1. An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎^[1]:

     He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.

Internationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpneu̯moniɑ/, [ˈpne̞u̯mo̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pneu‧mo‧nia

pneumonia

1. (pathology) pneumonia

• (pneumonia): keuhkokuume

• “pneumonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• pneumoni (Dutch-influenced)

From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).

• IPA^(key): (standard) /pnew.mɔˈni.a/, (English-influenced) /newˈmɔ.ni.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔnia
• Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a

pneumonia

1. pneumonia (an acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants)

pneumonia (plural pneumonias)

1. pneumonia

• pneumonic

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).

• Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a

pneumonia f (plural pneumonias)

1. (pathology) pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.