adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pneumatic
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to pneumatics
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adj
Meaning 3
Powered by, or filled with, compressed air
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Examples
- a pneumatic instrument or engine
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adj
Meaning 4
Having cavities filled with air
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
Examples
- pneumatic cells or bones
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adj
Meaning 5
Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
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adj
Meaning 6
well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
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noun
Meaning 7
A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 8
In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Gnosticism, lifestyle, religion
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adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pneumatic drill
- pneumatic tire
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History
Etymology
From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “to blow, breath”).
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пневматичен (pnevmatičen) — of or relating to air or other gases
- Catalan: pneumàtic — of or relating to air or other gases
- Czech: pneumatický — of or relating to air or other gases
- Czech: vzduchový — of or relating to air or other gases
- Dutch: pneumatisch — of or relating to air or other gases
- Finnish: pneumaattinen — of or relating to air or other gases
- French: pneumatique — of or relating to air or other gases
- Galician: pneumático — of or relating to air or other gases
- Galician: pneumática — of or relating to air or other gases
- Icelandic: gas- — of or relating to air or other gases
- Icelandic: loft- — of or relating to air or other gases
- Irish: aer- — of or relating to air or other gases
- Irish: aeroibrithe — of or relating to air or other gases
- Irish: neomatach — of or relating to air or other gases
- Italian: pneumatico — of or relating to air or other gases
- Polish: pneumatyczny — of or relating to air or other gases
- Portuguese: pneumático — of or relating to air or other gases
- Portuguese: pneumática — of or relating to air or other gases
- Russian: пневмати́ческий (pnevmatíčeskij) — of or relating to air or other gases
- Spanish: neumático — of or relating to air or other gases
- Spanish: pneumático — of or relating to air or other gases
- Swedish: pneumatisk — of or relating to air or other gases
- Bulgarian: пневматичен (pnevmatičen) — of or relating to pneumatics
- Catalan: pneumàtic — of or relating to pneumatics
- Czech: pneumatický — of or relating to pneumatics
- Czech: vzduchový — of or relating to pneumatics
- Dutch: pneumatisch — of or relating to pneumatics
- Finnish: pneumaattinen — of or relating to pneumatics
- Galician: pneumático — of or relating to pneumatics
- Galician: pneumática — of or relating to pneumatics
- Icelandic: loftaflfræði- — of or relating to pneumatics
- Polish: pneumatyczny — of or relating to pneumatics
- Portuguese: pneumático — of or relating to pneumatics
- Portuguese: pneumática — of or relating to pneumatics
- Russian: пневмати́ческий (pnevmatíčeskij) — of or relating to pneumatics
- Spanish: neumático — of or relating to pneumatics
- Spanish: pneumático — of or relating to pneumatics
- Swedish: pneumatisk — of or relating to pneumatics
- Bulgarian: пневматичен (pnevmatičen) — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Catalan: pneumàtic — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Czech: pneumatický — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Czech: vzduchový — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Dutch: pneumatisch — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Esperanto: pneŭmata — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Finnish: pneumaattinen — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Galician: pneumático — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Galician: pneumática — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- German: pneumatisch — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Icelandic: loftknúinn — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Icelandic: þrýstilofts- — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Icelandic: loftfylltur — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Icelandic: fullur af þrýstilofti — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Polish: pneumatyczny — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Portuguese: pneumático — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Portuguese: pneumática — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Russian: пневмати́ческий (pnevmatíčeskij) — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Spanish: neumático — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Spanish: pneumático — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Swedish: pneumatisk — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Swedish: tryckluftsdriven — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Swedish: trycklufts- — powered by, or filled with compressed air
- Icelandic: hol- — zoology: having cavities filled with air
- Polish: pneumatyczny — zoology: having cavities filled with air
- Bulgarian: духовен (duhoven) — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- Bulgarian: за душата (za dušata) — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- Finnish: hengellinen — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- German: pneumatisch — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- Polish: pneumatyczny — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- Spanish: pneumático — spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma
- Bulgarian: закръглена (zakrǎglena) — of a woman: well-rounded
- Finnish: pullea — of a woman: well-rounded
- Polish: krągły — of a woman: well-rounded
- Spanish: neumático — of a woman: well-rounded
- Spanish: pneumático — of a woman: well-rounded
- Finnish: hengellinen — person focused on spiritual reality
- Norwegian: pneumatiker — person focused on spiritual reality
- Polish: pneumatyk — person focused on spiritual reality
- Polish: pneumatyczka — person focused on spiritual reality
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