благозвучный

Russian

Etymology

From бла́го (blágo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ звук (zvuk) +‎ -ный (-nyj), a calque of German wohlklingend or wohllautend. First attested in 1780.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɫəɡɐzˈvut͡ɕnɨj]

Adjective

благозву́чный • (blagozvúčnyj) (comparative (по)благозву́чнее or (по)благозву́чней)

  1. euphonious, euphonic, pleasant-sounding

Declension

Derived terms

  • благозву́чность (blagozvúčnostʹ)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “благозвучность”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 57