Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 24, 2004 11:38
20 yrs ago
Portuguese term
eufônica
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
..."a tradução do título pode não ser eufônica"....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | euphonic |
airmailrpl
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| 5 | euphonous or pleasing to the ear |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | does not (necessarily) have to sound nice/be nice-sounding |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 | sound great |
Amilcar
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Proposed translations
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32 mins
airmailrpl
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Portuguese term (edited):
euf�nica
Selected
euphonic
Euphonic
Eu`phon´ic
a. 1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/euphonic
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-09-24 12:36:38 GMT)
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Results 1 - 30 of about 1,520 English pages for \"euphonous\"
Results 1 - 30 of about 16,000 English pages for \"euphonious\"
Eu`phon´ic
a. 1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/euphonic
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-09-24 12:36:38 GMT)
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Results 1 - 30 of about 1,520 English pages for \"euphonous\"
Results 1 - 30 of about 16,000 English pages for \"euphonious\"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Tk u so much! :)"
14 mins
does not (necessarily) have to sound nice/be nice-sounding
sound good - from the Greek
38 mins
Portuguese term (edited):
euf�nica
euphonous or pleasing to the ear
Is your thing more academic? Then, euphonous...
as opposed to cacaphonous....
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Note added at 38 mins (2004-09-24 12:17:17 GMT)
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YOur title may not be pleasing to the ear....:)
as opposed to cacaphonous....
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Note added at 38 mins (2004-09-24 12:17:17 GMT)
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YOur title may not be pleasing to the ear....:)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
airmailrpl
: "euphonious" seems to be more used than "euphonous"..1,520 English pages for "euphonous" - 16,000 English pages for "euphonious"
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I think not and I do a lot of reading of literary criticism and the like
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Amilcar
: I was intrigued, since I never saw euphonous. Well, the Am Heritage does not even list it. Still, OK, maybe. Reference?
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13 hrs
Portuguese term (edited):
euf�nica
sound great
The translated title may not sound great.
Buying a little fluency at the cost of a slight and innocuous change of denotation.
Buying a little fluency at the cost of a slight and innocuous change of denotation.
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