sonic

English

Etymology

From Latin sonus, equivalent to sono- +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒnɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

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Adjective

sonic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to sound.
2. Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air.

Derived terms

• hypersonic
• infrasonic
• plasmasonic
• sonic bang
• sonic barrier
• sonic boom
• sonic branding
• sonic logo
• sonic screwdriver
• subsonic
• supersonic
• transonic
• ultrasonic

 

Translations

of or relating to sound

• Arabic: صَوْتِيّ (ṣawtiyy)
• Belarusian: гукавы́ (hukavý)
• Bulgarian: зву́ков (zvúkov)
• Catalan: sònic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲音的／声音的 (zh) (shēngyīn de), 音響的／音响的 (zh) (yīnxiǎng de)

• Czech: zvukový (cs)
• Danish: sonisk
• Dutch: sonisch (nl), geluids- (nl)
• Esperanto: sona
• Finnish: sooninen, ääni- (fi)
• French: sonore (fr), sonique (fr)
• Galician: sónico (gl)
• German: Schall- (de), akustisch (de)
• Hungarian: hang- (hu), hangos (hu)
• Icelandic: hljóð-
• Irish: sonach
• Italian: sonoro (it), sonico (it)
• Japanese: 音の (ja) (おとの, oto no), 音響の (ja) (おんきょうの, onkyō no)
• Korean: 소리의 (ko) (soriui), 음의 (ko) (eumui), 음향의 (ko) (eumhyang'ui)
• Macedonian: звуков (zvukov)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sonisk

• Persian: صوتی (fa) (sowti)
• Polish: dźwiękowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sónico (pt) (Portugal), sônico (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: звуково́й (ru) (zvukovój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зву̑чан

  Roman: zvȗčan (sh)

• Slovak: zvukový
• Slovene: zvočen
• Spanish: sónico (es)
• Swedish: sonisk
• Ukrainian: звукови́й (zvukovýj)
• Uzbek: tovushli (uz)

having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air

• Bulgarian: със скоростта на звука (sǎs skorostta na zvuka)
• Catalan: sònic
• Irish: sonach
• Russian: околозвуково́й (ru) (okolozvukovój)

See also

• sonic hedgehog

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonique.

Adjective

sonic m or n (feminine singular sonică, masculine plural sonici, feminine and neuter plural sonice)

1. sonic

Declension

Declension of sonic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sonic		sonică	sonici	sonice
	definite	sonicul		sonica	sonicii	sonicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sonic		sonice	sonici	sonice
	definite	sonicului		sonicei	sonicilor	sonicelor