euphony

eu- (“good”) + -phony, from Middle French euphonie, from Late Latin euphonia, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὔφωνος (eúphōnos).

euphony (countable and uncountable, plural euphonies)

1. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
   • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:

     Mandalay. In the name there was a euphony which beckoned to the imagination, yet this was the bitter, withered reality.

2. Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.

   When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony.

• cacophony

• euphonious
• euphonic

• ideophone
• phonaesthesia