Definitions For Neume

Noun

NEUME (plural NEUMEs) (music) Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. (music) A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable.

Translations

Finnish: neumi Hungarian: neuma Italian: neuma, f Portuguese: neuma, m Russian: не́вма, f Spanish: neuma, m

Alternative forms

neum pneume {{qualifier, archaic}}

Etymology

From 15th c. Middle English newme, nevme, neme; from "breath" or νεῦμα, , sign, or else a w:corruption (linguistics), corruption of πνεῦμα, , breath. {{doublet, en, pneuma}}.

Is Neume a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Neume is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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