How to Say "Pneuma" in Greek - How To Say Guide

πνεύμα

pnévma/ˈpnev.ma/

In Greek, pneuma is πνεύμα (pnévma), a word meaning spirit or soul.

πνεύμα is the modern Greek word for spirit. It goes back to an older sense of breath or wind, written in ancient Greek as πνεῦμα.

Meaning: spirit or soul (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

πνεύμα is neuter, and its plural is πνεύματα.

Romanized it is pnévma, and in IPA it is /ˈpnev.ma/. Both the p and the n are said, and the stress is on the first syllable.

In Greek, the word for 'inspiration' is έμπνευση, which literally means 'being breathed into'. This links the act of creative genius directly to the πνεύμα of a divine or external wind.
Ancient Stoic philosophers believed that πνεύμα was a physical gas that permeated the entire universe. They viewed it as a tension-filled substance that held the cosmos together, rather than just a human soul.
The English word 'pneumatic', used to describe tools powered by compressed air, shares the same Ancient Greek ancestor as the word for 'soul'.

Το πνεῦμα εἶναι πηγή ζωῆς.
The pneuma is the source of life.
Έχει ένα ελεύθερο πνεύμα.
Echei ena elefthero pneuma.
He has a free spirit.
Το πνεύμα της εποχής είναι περίεργο.
To pneuma tis epokis einai periergo.
The spirit of the age is strange.

Two friends are discussing a philosophical book.

Μαρία Maria

Πώς ερμηνεύεις τη λέξη πνεύμα σε αυτό το βιβλίο;
Pós erminéueis ti léxi pneúma se aftó to vivlío?
How do you interpret the word spirit in this book?
Νίκος Nikos

Νομίζω ότι αναφέρεται στην ανθρώπινη ψυχή.
Nomízo óti anaféretai stin anthrópini psychí.
I think it refers to the human soul.
Μαρία Maria

Συμφωνώ, το πνεύμα είναι το κέντρο της ύπαρξης.
Symfonó, to pneúma eínai to kéntro tis ýparxis.
I agree, the spirit is the center of existence.
Νίκος Nikos

Είναι μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα θεωρία, Μαρία.
Eínai mia polý endiaférousa theoría, María.
It is a very interesting theory, Maria.

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