# pulmonary

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #15,037

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`plumonary`, `ppulmonary`, `pullmonary`, `pulmmonary`, `pulmnoary`, `pulmoanry`, `pulmonarry`, `pulmonaryy`, `pulmonayr`, `pulmonnary`, `pulmonray`, `pulomnary`, `pumlonary`, `uplmonary`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pulmonary