adjective · rare

euphonious

eu·pho·ni·ous

euphonious · more euphonious · most euphonious

благозвучный

wohlklingend, wohltönend

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

UK/juːˈfəʊ.nɪ.əs/US/juˈfoʊ.ni.əs/

» In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.

Meaning

1 senses

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

More definitions

having a pleasant sound
(of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident

Examples

1 sentences

In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding:

Origin

From euphonical + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a qua

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).

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