Meanings
nounpneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
plural pneumonias · plural pneumoniæ · plural pneumoniae
- uncountableusuallyInflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*plew-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléwmō
- Ancient Greekπλεύμων (pleúmōn)
- Ancient Greekπνέω (pnéō)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεύμων (pneúmōn)
- Ancient Greekπνευμονία (pneumonía)
- Englishpneumonia
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ذَات اَلرِّئَة, اِلْتِهَاب رِئَوِيّ
- ذَات اَلرِّئَة (ḏāt ar-riʔa)inflammation of the lungs
- اِلْتِهَاب رِئَوِيّ (iltihāb riʔawiyy)inflammation of the lungs
Catalan pneumònia, pulmonia
- pneumòniainflammation of the lungs
- pulmoniainflammation of the lungs
Chinese Cantonese 肺炎
- 肺炎 (fai³ jim⁴)inflammation of the lungs
Chinese Mandarin 肺炎
- 肺炎 (fèiyán)inflammation of the lungs
Czech zápal plic, pneumonie
- zápal plicinflammation of the lungs
- pneumonieinflammation of the lungs
Danish lungebetændelse
- lungebetændelseinflammation of the lungs
Dutch longontsteking, pneumonie
- longontstekinginflammation of the lungs
- pneumonieinflammation of the lungs
Esperanto pneŭmonito
- pneŭmonitoinflammation of the lungs
Estonian kopsupõletik, pneumoonia
- kopsupõletikinflammation of the lungs
- pneumooniainflammation of the lungs
Finnish keuhkokuume, pneumonia
- keuhkokuumeinflammation of the lungs
- pneumoniainflammation of the lungs
French pneumonie
- pneumonieinflammation of the lungs
German Lungenentzündung, Pneumonie
- Lungenentzündunginflammation of the lungs
- Pneumonieinflammation of the lungs
Greek πνευμονία
- πνευμονία (pnevmonía)inflammation of the lungs
Hebrew דַּלֶּקֶת רֵאוֹת
- דַּלֶּקֶת רֵאוֹת (daléket re'ót)inflammation of the lungs
Hindi न्यूमोनिया
- न्यूमोनिया (nyūmoniyā)inflammation of the lungs
Hungarian tüdőgyulladás
- tüdőgyulladásinflammation of the lungs
Icelandic lungnabólga
- lungnabólgainflammation of the lungs
Indonesian pneumonia
- pneumoniainflammation of the lungs
Irish aicíd na scamhóg, niúmóine
- aicíd na scamhóginflammation of the lungs
- niúmóineinflammation of the lungs
Italian polmonite
- polmoniteinflammation of the lungs
Japanese 肺炎
- 肺炎 (haien)inflammation of the lungs
Korean 폐렴
- 폐렴 (pyeryeom)inflammation of the lungs
Latvian pneimonija, plaušu karsonis
- pneimonijainflammation of the lungs
- plaušu karsonisinflammation of the lungs
Lithuanian plaučių uždegimas, pneumonija
- plaučių uždegimasinflammation of the lungs
- pneumonijainflammation of the lungs
Malay paru-paru berair
- paru-paru berairinflammation of the lungs
Māori mate pūkahu kakā, mate niumōnia
- mate pūkahu kakāinflammation of the lungs
- mate niumōniainflammation of the lungs
- niumōniainflammation of the lungs
Norwegian Bokmål lungebetennelse
- lungebetennelseinflammation of the lungs
Persian ذاتالریه
- ذاتالریه (zât-or-riye)inflammation of the lungs
Polish zapalenie płuc
- zapalenie płucinflammation of the lungs
Portuguese pneumonia
- pneumoniainflammation of the lungs
Romanian pneumonie
- pneumonieinflammation of the lungs
Russian пневмони́я, воспале́ние лёгких
- пневмони́я (pnevmoníja)inflammation of the lungs
- воспале́ние лёгких (vospalénije ljóxkix)inflammation of the lungs
- лёгочное заболевание (ljógočnoje zabolevanije)inflammation of the lungs
Scottish Gaelic am fiabhras-clèibhe
- am fiabhras-clèibheinflammation of the lungs
Slovak zápal pľúc, pneumónia
- zápal pľúcinflammation of the lungs
- pneumóniainflammation of the lungs
Spanish pulmonía, neumonía
- pulmoníainflammation of the lungs
- neumoníainflammation of the lungs
Swedish lunginflammation
- lunginflammationinflammation of the lungs
Tagalog magambaga, magandahumbaga
- magambagainflammation of the lungs
- magandahumbagainflammation of the lungs
- pulmunyainflammation of the lungs
Tamil நுரையீரல் அழற்சி
- நுரையீரல் அழற்சி (nuraiyīral aḻaṟci)inflammation of the lungs
Thai ปอดบวม
- ปอดบวม (bpɔ̀ɔt-buuam)inflammation of the lungs
Turkish zatürre, pnömoni
- zatürreinflammation of the lungs
- pnömoniinflammation of the lungs
Ukrainian пневмоні́я, запа́лення леге́нів
- пневмоні́я (pnevmoníja)inflammation of the lungs
- запа́лення леге́нів (zapálennja lehéniv)inflammation of the lungs
Vietnamese viêm phổi, sưng phổi
- viêm phổiinflammation of the lungs
- sưng phổiinflammation of the lungs
- phế viêminflammation of the lungs
Cite this entry
APA
pneumonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonia
MLA
“pneumonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pneumonia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonia.
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