seismic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪzmɪk/

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• 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

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• Bulgarian: земетръсен (zemetrǎsen)
• Catalan: sísmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: seizmický, seismický
• Esperanto: seisma, sisma
• Finnish: seisminen
• Galician: sísmico m
• Georgian: სეისმური (seismuri)
• German: seismisch (de)
• Greek: σεισμικός (el) (seismikós)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: szeizmikus (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðskjálfta-
• Ido: sismala, sisma (io)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: भूकम्पीय (bhūkampīya)
• Polish: sejsmiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: sísmico (pt)
• Romanian: seismic (ro)
• Russian: сейсми́ческий (ru) (sejsmíčeskij)
• Spanish: sísmico
• Swedish: seismisk
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sismik (tr)
• Vietnamese: địa chấn (vi)
• Welsh: crynfaol, seismig (cy)

of very large or widespread effect

• Polish: porażający

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} sismique (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sismico (it) (1)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} seismica f, ^{(please verify)} seismucis m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} seismic (ro) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} seismico

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Romanian

Etymology

From French séismique.

Adjective

seismic m or n (feminine singular seismică, masculine plural seismici, feminine and neuter plural seismice)

1. seismic

Declension

Declension of seismic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	seismic		seismică	seismici	seismice
	definite	seismicul		seismica	seismicii	seismicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	seismic		seismice	seismici	seismice
	definite	seismicului		seismicei	seismicilor	seismicelor