neuma
Portuguese, noun/ˈnew.mɐ/
neuma is spelled N-E-U-M-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neuma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “neume (sign used in early musical notation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does neuma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneume (sign used in early musical notation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of neuma
- neumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neuma?
- Brazil /ˈnew.mɐ/
- Brazil [ˈneʊ̯.mɐ]
- Portugal /ˈnew.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is neuma in Portuguese?
neuma appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).