supersonic

English

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Etymology

super- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

1. (of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible
2. (of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)

Related terms

• (speed): plasmasonic, hypersonic, transonic, subsonic
• (sound): infrasonic, sonic

Translations

having a frequency too high to be audible

• French: ultrasonore (fr) m and f
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)

• Russian: ультразвуковой (ru) (ul'trazvukovój)

greater than the speed of sound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超音速 (cmn) (chāoyīnsù)

• Czech: nadzvukový (cs)
• Finnish: ääntä nopeampi
• French: supersonique (fr) m and f

• German: Überschall- (de)
• Italian: supersonico (it)
• Japanese: 超音速 (ja) (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku)
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)
• Russian: сверхзвуковой (ru) (sverxzvukovój)

See also

• superluminal

Anagrams

• croupiness
• percussion