noun
euphony
Euphony (noun) means a pleasant, smooth sound made when words are spoken.
noun
1
A pleasant, smooth sound made when words are spoken.
"Mandalay. In the name there was a euphony which beckoned to the imagination, yet this was the bitter, withered reality."
— Norman Lewis, Golden Earth (1952)
"When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony."
2
The tendency for the sounds in speech to change so that words become easier to say.
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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.
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What is the meaning of euphony?
"euphony" (noun) means a pleasant, smooth sound made when words are spoken.
What is another word for euphony?
Other words for "euphony" include music.
What is the opposite of euphony?
The opposite of "euphony" is cacophony.
What are the different meanings of euphony?
"euphony" has 2 main meanings: 1. A pleasant, smooth sound made when words are spoken; 2. The tendency for the sounds in speech to change so that words become easier to say.
