"euphony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjuːfəni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-euphony.wav Forms: euphonies [plural]
Etymology: From French euphonie, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὐ- (eu-, prefix meaning ‘good, well’) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; (human) voice; discourse, speech”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as eu- + -phony. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{der|en|fr|euphonie}} French euphonie, {{der|en|grc|εὐφωνία}} Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|t=to say, speak}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”), {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|abstract noun}} abstract noun, {{confix|en|eu|phony}} eu- + -phony Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} euphony (countable and uncountable, plural euphonies)
  1. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: euphonism Translations (pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear): eufoni [feminine] (Albanian), 悅耳 /悦耳 (yuè'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), eufonie [feminine] (Czech), libozvučnost [feminine] (Czech), eufonia (Finnish), eufonía [feminine] (Galician), Eufonie [feminine] (German), jóhangzás (Hungarian), eufónia (Hungarian), jó/szép/kellemes hangzás (Hungarian), széphangzás (Hungarian), eufonia [feminine] (Italian), eufonia [feminine] (Polish), eufonia [feminine] (Portuguese), eufonie [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-euphony-en-noun-mRXxJYyq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with eu-, English terms suffixed with -phony, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with eu-: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phony: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear': 76 24
  2. The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pleasant phonetic quality): благозвучие (blagozvučie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 諧音 /谐音 (xiéyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), eufonia (Finnish), eufonía [feminine] (Galician), Eufonie [feminine] (German), eufonia [feminine] (Portuguese), eufonie [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-euphony-en-noun-HKbsDxeB Disambiguation of 'pleasant phonetic quality': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: concord, consonance, euphonism, euphony, harmony, unisonance Hypernyms: order, sound Hyponyms: melody, symphony Derived forms: euphonic, euphonious, euphonize Related terms: ideophone, phonaesthesia, euphonious

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "euphonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "euphonious"
    },
    {
      "word": "euphonize"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "id": "speak"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "euphonie"
      },
      "expansion": "French euphonie",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "εὐφωνία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "prefix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "t": "to say, speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feminine"
      },
      "expansion": "feminine",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abstract noun"
      },
      "expansion": "abstract noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eu",
        "3": "phony"
      },
      "expansion": "eu- + -phony",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French euphonie, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὐ- (eu-, prefix meaning ‘good, well’) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; (human) voice; discourse, speech”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as eu- + -phony.",
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    {
      "form": "euphonies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "~"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "order"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "sound"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    ""
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "eu",
        "pho",
        "ny"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "melody"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "symphony"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ideophone"
    },
    {
      "word": "phonaesthesia"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "euphonious"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacophony"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              238,
              245
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1890 August 23, “Weekly notes”, in The American, volume 524, Robert Ellison, page 370:",
          "text": "A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period succeeding the introduction of a new idea not yet provided with a verbal exponent, the safest course is to follow general popular usage. The idea must be expressed, and the choice lies between a cumbrous word and a cumbrous sentence, the former of which seems the lesser evil. “Electrocution” has been widely used, even by scientific men, while the only plausible alternative thus far suggested—“electrothany”—though possessing the merit of unmixed ancestry, is inadequate in that it carries no penal signification.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              34,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:",
          "text": "Mandalay. In the name there was a euphony which beckoned to the imagination, yet this was the bitter, withered reality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              40,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "text": "When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "euphonism"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetic",
          "phonetic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuːfəni/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "concord"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "consonance"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "euphonism"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "euphony"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "harmony"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:euphony",
      "word": "unisonance"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yuè'ěr",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "悅耳 /悦耳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libozvučnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "jóhangzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "eufónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "jó/szép/kellemes hangzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "word": "széphangzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "pronunciation which is pleasing to the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "blagozvučie",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "благозвучие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiéyīn",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "word": "諧音 /谐音"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "pleasant phonetic quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufonie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "euphony"
}

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