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Euphony — Eu pho*ny, n.; pl. {Euphonies}. [L. euphonia, Gr. ?, fr. ? sweet voiced; e y^ 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
euphony — mid 15c., from M.Fr. euphonie, from L.L. euphonia, from Gk. euphonia sweetness of voice, from euphonos well sounding, from eu good (see EU (Cf. eu )) + phone sound, voice, related to phanai speak (see FAME … Etymology dictionary
euphony — ► NOUN (pl. euphonies) 1) the quality of being pleasing to the ear. 2) the tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation. DERIVATIVES euphonic adjective … English terms dictionary
euphony — [yo͞o′fə nē] n. pl. euphonies [Fr euphonie < LL euphonia < Gr euphōnia < euphōnos, sweet voiced, musical < eu (see EU ) + phōnē, voice: see PHONE1] 1. the quality of having a pleasing sound 2. pleasant combination of agreeable sounds… … English World dictionary
euphony — /yooh feuh nee/, n., pl. euphonies. agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, esp. a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words: the majestic euphony of Milton s poetry. [1615 25; < LL euphonia < Gk euphonía. See … Universalium
euphony — eufonia ит. [эуфони/а] euphonie фр. [эфони] Euphonie нем. [ойфони] euphony англ. [ю/фэни] благозвучие ◊ eufonico ит. [эуфо/нико] euphonic англ … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
Euphony Communications Ltd — is a privately owned Basingstoke, UK based communications and utility company. Euphony is notable for its heirachical customer referral structure and independent base of consultants. Euphony was founded in 1998 and does not advertise itself in… … Wikipedia
Euphony (disambiguation) — Euphony is the demonstration of pleasant phonaesthetics. It may also refer to:*Euphony Communications Ltd, a UK utilities company *Euphony Bree, a Belgium basketball team *Euphony (album), an album by Matthew Good * Euphony , a video production… … Wikipedia
Euphony Bree — Euphony Bree … Wikipédia en Français
Euphony (album) — Infobox Album Name = Euphony Type = Demo Longtype = Artist = Matthew Good Released = 1994 Recorded = Spring, 1994 Genre = Folk / Alternative Rock Length = 26:07 Label = Independent Producer = Matthew Good / Steve Codling Chronology = Last album … Wikipedia
