English Explanatory Dictionary

euphonious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.

Pronunciation

/juːˈfəʊ.nɪ.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-euphonious.wav /juˈfoʊ.ni.əs/

Word forms

euphonious more euphonious most euphonious

Etymology

From euphonical + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, commonly in abundance). Euphonical is derived from euphonic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’); with euphonic from euphony + -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), and euphony borrowed 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).

Synonyms

euphonic euphonical euphonous mellifluous sonorous ariose birdsweet canorous concentual dulcet euphonious harmonious harmonical listenable mellifluent melodic melodious musical soundful symphonious tunable tuneful

Antonyms

cacophonous noneuphonious uneuphonious absonant cacophonic cacophonical cacophonious discordant disharmonious dissonant honeyed horrisonant horrisonous immelodious inharmonious insonorous nonsonorous raucous rough scabrous tuneless unmusical unharmonious unlistenable unmellifluous unmelodic unmelodious untunable unsonorous

Related words

euphonia euphoniad euphonic euphonical euphonically euphonism euphonistic euphonium euphonization euphonize euphonon euphonous euphony pleasant clear soft sweet

Derived words

euphoniously euphoniousness noneuphonious uneuphonious

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