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单词 neume
释义

neume

[ noom, nyoom ]
/ num, nyum /

noun

any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.

Origin of neume

1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin neuma<Greek pneûma breath

OTHER WORDS FROM neume

neu·mat·ic [noo-mat-ik, nyoo-], /nuˈmæt ɪk, nyu-/, neumic, adjective

Words nearby neume

Neufeld capsular swelling, Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, neuk, Neumann, neume, Neumünster, Neupest, neur-, neural, neural arch
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Example sentences from the Web for neume

  • Neume, nūm, n. a succession of notes to be sung to one syllable, a sequence: an old sign for a tone or a phrase.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
  • The earliest form of notation of which we have any knowledge is called the Neume notation.

    How Music Developed|W. J. Henderson

British Dictionary definitions for neume

neume

neum

/ (njuːm) /

noun

music one of a series of notational symbols used before the 14th century

Derived forms of neume

neumic, adjective

Word Origin for neume

C15: from Medieval Latin neuma group of notes sung on one breath, from Greek pneuma breath
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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