euphony
pronunciation
How to pronounce euphony in British English:
UK ['ju:fənɪ]
How to pronounce euphony in American English:
US ['jufənɪ]
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- Noun:
- any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
Word Origin
- euphony (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French euphonie, from Late Latin euphonia, from Greek euphonia "sweetness of voice," related to euphonos "well-sounding," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Euphonic (1782); euphonical (1660s); euphonious (1774). Hence, also, euphonium (1864), the musical instrument.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Its voice is euphony !
- 2. Harbin euphony musical instrument materials co.
- 3. Prescott 's style , though in his diary he wrote bother euphony , is euphonious .
- 4. The dumpling spendd the new year to take possess a lot of traditions , is supposed to for the sake of keepsake pan gu shi the beginning of history , finish confuseing the condition , secondly gets such together with " turbid grain bin " euphony , meaning is " cereals food man tun " .