EUPHONY - 9 definitions found
euphony n 1: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: music, euphony] euphony 1591 (as euphonia), from Gk. euphonia, from euphonos "well-sounding," from eu- "good" + phone "sound, voice," related to phanai "speak." Hence, euphonium (1865), the musical instrument. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) euphony noun (plural -nies) Etymology: French euphonie, from Late Latin euphonia, from Greek euphōnia, from euphōnos sweet-voiced, musical, from eu- + phōnē voice — more at ban Date: 1606 1. pleasing or sweet sound; especially the acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear 2. a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound • euphonic adjective • euphonically adverb Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary euphony ˈju:fənɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 a pleasantness of sound, esp. of a word or phrase; harmony. b a pleasant sound. 2 the tendency to make a phonetic change for ease of pronunciation. øøeuphonic adj. euphonize v.tr. (also -ise). [F euphonie f. LL euphonia f. Gk euphonia (as EU-, phone sound)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Euphony \Eu"pho*ny\, n.; pl. Euphonies. [L. euphonia, Gr. ?, fr. ? sweet-voiced; ? well + ? sound, voice; akin to ? to speak: cf. F. euphonie.] A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms euphony n. Agreeable sound (in language), smoothness, ease of utterance. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "euphony": accord, accordance, attune, attunement, balance, beauty, chime, chiming, concentus, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, consonance, consonancy, consort, diapason, equilibrium, harmonics, harmony, heavy harmony, homophony, measure, measuredness, monochord, monody, order, orderedness, proportion, rhythm, sweetness, symmetry, symphony, synchronism, synchronization, three-part harmony, tune, unison, unisonance |
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