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euphonium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /juːˈfəʊnɪəm/
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  • rhymes with -əʊniəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos, “sweet-voiced”) + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُوق (būq) — brass instrument
  • Armenian: էուֆոնիում (ēufonium) — brass instrument
  • Azerbaijani: euphonium — brass instrument
  • Basque: eufonio — brass instrument
  • Belarusian: мілагучная гаворка (milahučnaja havórka) — brass instrument
  • Bulgarian: еуфониум (eufonium) — brass instrument
  • Catalan: eufoni — brass instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粗管上低音號 /粗管上低音号 (cūguǎn shàngdīyīnhào) — brass instrument
  • Danish: euphonium — brass instrument
  • Dutch: euphonium — brass instrument
  • Esperanto: eŭfono — brass instrument
  • Finnish: eufonium — brass instrument
  • Galician: eufonio — brass instrument
  • Galician: baixo — brass instrument
  • Georgian: ბარიტონი (bariṭoni) — brass instrument
  • German: Euphonium — brass instrument
  • Hungarian: eufónium — brass instrument
  • Indonesian: eufonium — brass instrument
  • Irish: eofón — brass instrument
  • Italian: eufonio — brass instrument
  • Japanese: ユーフォニアム (yūfoniamu) — brass instrument
  • Japanese: ユーフォニウム (yūfoniumu) — brass instrument
  • Korean: 바들은 (badeureun) — brass instrument
  • Limburgish: euphonium — brass instrument
  • Persian: یوفونیوم — brass instrument
  • Polish: eufonium — brass instrument
  • Portuguese: eufônio — brass instrument
  • Romanian: eufoniu — brass instrument
  • Russian: эуфониум (eufonium) — brass instrument
  • Scottish Gaelic: euphonium — brass instrument
  • Sicilian: bummardinu — brass instrument
  • Slovene: evfonij — brass instrument
  • Spanish: eufonio — brass instrument
  • Spanish: bombardino — brass instrument
  • Thai: ยูโฟเนียม — brass instrument
  • Ukrainian: милозвучна мова (mylozvučna mova) — brass instrument
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