euphony

eu·pho·ny  (yf-n)

n. pl. eu·pho·nies

Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words.

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[French euphonie, from Late Latin euphnia, from Greek euphni, from euphnos, sweet-voiced : eu-, eu- + phn, sound; see bh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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eu·phonic (y-fnk) adj.

eu·phoni·cal·ly adv.

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euphony [ˈjuːfənɪ]

n pl -nies

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the alteration of speech sounds, esp by assimilation, so as to make them easier to pronounce

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a pleasing sound, esp in speech

[from Late Latin euphōnia, from Greek, from eu- + phōnē voice]

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euphony

1. an agreeableness in sounds; a pleasantness to the ear; harmoniousness.
2. Phonetics. a harmoniousness in speech sounds, especially in word choices emphasizing various patterns of consonants or vowels. — euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, adj.

See also: Sound

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

euphony - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" music auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial reharmonise, reharmonize - provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody" harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for orchestrate - write an orchestra score for instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

Translations

euphony [ˈjuːfənɪ] N → eufonía f

euphony

n (Mus, Ling) → Euphonie f, → Wohlklang m