sonic

English

Etymology

Latin sonus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

sonic

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

Related terms

• hypersonic
• subsonic
• supersonic
• transonic
• ultrasonic
• sonic boom

Translations

of or relating to sound

• Arabic: صَوْتِيّ (ṣawtiyy)
• Catalan: sònic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲音的／声音的 (zh), 声音的 (zh) (shēngyīn de)

• Dutch: sonisch (nl)
• Finnish: sooninen
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• French: sonore (fr)
• German: Schall- (de), akustisch (de)
• Icelandic: hljóð-
• Irish: sonach
• Russian: звуково́й (ru) (zvukovój)
• Spanish: sónico (es)

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

• Catalan: sònic
• Irish: sonach
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• Russian: околозвуково́й (ru) (okolozvukovój)

See also

• sonic hedgehog

Anagrams

• Nicos, cions, coins, icons, scion