seismic

English

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪzmɪk/
• Rhymes: -aɪzmɪk.

Adjective

seismic (not comparable)

1. Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
2. (figuratively) Of very large or widespread effect.
   • 2018 January 27, Dafydd Pritchard, “Newport 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     With Spurs having avoided a seismic Cup upset, Newport's heroic display will be rewarded with a lucrative replay at Wembley.

Derived terms

• seismics
• seismic shift
• seismograph
• seismology

 

Translations

related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth

• Catalan: sísmic
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: seisminen
• Galician: sísmico m
• German: seismisch (de)
• Greek: σεισμικός (el) (seismikós)
• Hungarian: szeizmikus (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðskjálfta-
• Ido: sismala, sisma (io)
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: sejsmiczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: sísmico (pt)
• Romanian: seismic (ro)
• Russian: сейсми́ческий (ru) (sejsmíčeskij)
• Spanish: sísmico
• Swedish: seismisk
• Turkish: sismik (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: crynfaol, seismig (cy)

of very large or widespread effect

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} sismique (fr)
• Italian: sismico (1)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} seismica f, ^{(please verify)} seismucis m

• Romanian: seismic m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} seismico