euphony

Etymology

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 (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as eu- + -phony.

noun

1. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
   Mandalay. In the name there was a euphony which beckoned to the imagination, yet this was the bitter, withered reality. 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8
2. Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
   When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony.