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pulmonique

/pyl.mɔ.nik/

adjective/pyl.mɔ.nik/

pulmonic; (of a speech sound): pulmonic (produced by pushing air from or into the lungs)

Elle est pulmonique.She is pulmonic.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).

noun, masculine/feminine/pyl.mɔ.nik/plural: pulmoniques

a pulmonic (a person affected with poor health of the lung)

Les pulmoniques guérissent difficilement.Pulmonic patients are difficult to heal.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).