Meanings
nouneuphonium (plural euphoniums)
plural euphoniums
- A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.
[T]hey could easily have been wearing euphoniums and woad for all the notice their quarry would have taken of them.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 68
Origin
- Ancient Greekεὔφωνος“sweet-voiced”
- Englisheuphonium
From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos, “sweet-voiced”) + -ium.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُوق
- بُوق (būq)brass instrument
Basque eufonio
- eufoniobrass instrument
Bulgarian еуфониум
- еуфониум (eufonium)brass instrument
Catalan eufoni
- eufonibrass instrument
Chinese Mandarin 粗管上低音號 /粗管上低音号
- 粗管上低音號 /粗管上低音号 (cūguǎn shàngdīyīnhào)brass instrument
Danish euphonium
- euphoniumbrass instrument
Dutch euphonium
- euphoniumbrass instrument
Esperanto eŭfono
- eŭfonobrass instrument
Finnish eufonium
- eufoniumbrass instrument
German Euphonium
- Euphoniumbrass instrument
Hungarian eufónium
- eufóniumbrass instrument
Indonesian eufonium
- eufoniumbrass instrument
Irish eofón
- eofónbrass instrument
Italian eufonio
- eufoniobrass instrument
Japanese ユーフォニアム, ユーフォニウム
- ユーフォニアム (yūfoniamu)brass instrument
- ユーフォニウム (yūfoniumu)brass instrument
Korean 바들은
- 바들은 (badeureun)brass instrument
Persian یوفونیوم
- یوفونیومbrass instrument
Polish eufonium
- eufoniumbrass instrument
Portuguese eufônio
- eufôniobrass instrument
Romanian eufoniu
- eufoniubrass instrument
Russian эуфониум
- эуфониум (eufonium)brass instrument
Scottish Gaelic euphonium
- euphoniumbrass instrument
Spanish eufonio, bombardino
- eufoniobrass instrument
- bombardinobrass instrument
Thai ยูโฟเนียม
- ยูโฟเนียมbrass instrument
Ukrainian милозвучна мова
- милозвучна мова (mylozvučna mova)brass instrument
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with euphonium
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
euphonium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphonium
MLA
“euphonium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphonium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euphonium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphonium.
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