Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: neum
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of neume.

name

A town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nèum.

Inflected Forms

neums (plural)

Questions

What does neum mean?: Alternative form of neume.
Where does neum come from?: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nèum.

How to pronounce neum

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