pneumonia

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

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

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

pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ)

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:

     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
• Syllabification^(key): pneu‧mo‧ni‧a

pneumonia

1. (pathology) pneumonia

• (pneumonia): keuhkokuume

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

• IPA^(key): (standard) [(p)neuˈmonia̯], (Dutch-influenced) [(p)neuˈmoni]
• Hyphenation: pné‧u‧mo‧nia

pnéumonia (first-person possessive pneumoniaku, second-person possessive pneumoniamu, third-person possessive pneumonianya)

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

• pneumoni

• “pneumonia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

pneumonia (plural pneumonias)

1. pneumonia

• pneumonic

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

pneumonia f (plural pneumonias)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.