Phrase guide

music to someone's ears

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzɪk tə ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɪəz/
  • General-American: /ˈmjuzɪk tə ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɪɚz/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)z

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noun

Meaning 1

A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From music (“any interesting or pleasing sounds”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 佳音 (jiāyīn) — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Czech: hudba pro něčí uši — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Dutch: als muziek in de oren klinken — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Finnish: musiikkia korville — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Galician: música para os oídos — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • German: Musik in jemandes Ohren — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Hungarian: zene füleinek — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Italian: musica per le proprie orecchie — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Macedonian: му́зика за не́чии у́ши (múzika za néčii úši) — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Portuguese: música para os ouvidos de — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Spanish: música para los oídos — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing
  • Swedish: musik i mina öron — spoken expression or sound which is pleasing