pneumonia B2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /nuˈmoʊniə/ UK /njuˈməʊniə/ See IPA manual Freq #9687 Meanings 1 noun A serious illness in which the lungs become inflamed, usually caused by an infection. He caught a bad cold that turned into pneumonia. Thesaurus Word family Forms pneumoniaepneumonias Common collocations atypical pneumonia Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). *plew- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pneumonia **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /nuˈmoʊniə/ **IPA (UK):** /njuˈməʊniə/ **Frequency rank:** 9687 ## Meanings 1. A serious illness in which the lungs become inflamed, usually caused by an infection. ## Examples - He caught a bad cold that turned into pneumonia. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *plew- ## Etymology From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). ## AI Etymology Pneumonia comes from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). The historical chain includes *plew- (Proto-Indo-European). In present-day English it covers a serious illness in which the lungs become inflamed, usually caused by an infection. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown