pulmonique
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pyl.mɔ.nik/
Adjective
pulmonique (feminine pulmonique, masculine plural pulmoniques, feminine plural pulmoniques)
- (obsolete) pulmonic
- Elle est pulmonique. ― She is pulmonic.
- Un jeune homme pulmonique. ― A pulmonic young man.
- (phonetics, phonology) (of a speech sound): pulmonic (produced by pushing air from or into the lungs)
Noun
pulmonique m or f (plural pulmoniques)
- (obsolete) a pulmonic (a person affected with poor health of the lung)
- Les pulmoniques guérissent difficilement. ― Pulmonic patients are difficult to heal.
References
- “pulmonique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.