euphony

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
2. (countable, uncountable) Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.

Opposite of

cacophony

Synonyms

harmony

music

🎶

sound

🔉

unity

melody

euphonic change

mellifluousness

eloquence

Translations

euphonie

eufonia

eufonía

Wohlklang

eufonia

Euphonie

ευφωνία

eufonia

música

🎶

musica

🎶

eufonie

welluidendheid

música

🎶

musique

🎶

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuːfəni/

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.