pneumonic
English
Alternative forms
- pneumonick (archaic)
Etymology
From the post-Classical Latin pneumonicus and its etymon, the Ancient Greek πνευμονικός (pneumonikós).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuːˈmɒnɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /n(j)uːˈmɑnɪk/, /nə-/
Audio (General American): (file) - Homophone: mnemonic (schwa pronunciation only)
Adjective
pneumonic (not comparable)
Derived terms
Noun
pneumonic (plural pneumonics)
References
- “pneumonic, adj. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision; June 2010)
Interlingua
Adjective
pneumonic (not comparable)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pneumonique.
Adjective
pneumonic m or n (feminine singular pneumonică, masculine plural pneumonici, feminine and neuter plural pneumonice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | pneumonic | pneumonică | pneumonici | pneumonice | |||
| definite | pneumonicul | pneumonica | pneumonicii | pneumonicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | pneumonic | pneumonice | pneumonici | pneumonice | |||
| definite | pneumonicului | pneumonicei | pneumonicilor | pneumonicelor | ||||