supersonic

English

The Concorde, a supersonic airliner.

Etymology

From super- +‎ sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• supersonic heterodyne receiver

Related terms

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

Translations

greater than the speed of sound

• Azerbaijani: səsdən sürətli
• Belarusian: звышгукавы́ (zvyšhukavý)
• Bulgarian: свръхзву́ков (svrǎhzvúkov)
• Catalan: supersònic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超音速 (zh) (chāoyīnsù)

• Czech: nadzvukový (cs), supersonický (cs)
• Dutch: supersonisch (nl), supersoon
• Finnish: ääntä nopeampi, yliääni-, yliääninen, yliääninopeuksinen
• French: supersonique (fr)
• Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti)
• German: Überschall- (de)
• Greek: υπερηχητικός (el) (yperichitikós)
• Hindi: पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik)
• Hungarian: szuperszonikus (hu)
• Italian: supersonico (it)
• Japanese: 超音速 (ja) (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku)
• Korean: 초음파의 (ko) (cho'eumpaui), 초음속의 (ko) (cho'eumsogui)
• Marathi: स्वनातीत (svanātīt)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дуунаас хурдан (duunaas xurdan), хэт дууны (xet duuny) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠡᠴᠡ
  ᠬᠤᠷᠳᠤᠨ (daɣun-eče qurdun), ᠬᠡᠲᠤ
  ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠦ (ketu daɣun-ü)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supersonisk

  Nynorsk: supersonisk

• Polish: naddźwiękowy (pl)
• Portuguese: supersónico m (Portugal), supersônico (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)
• Russian: сверхзвуково́й (ru) (sverxzvukovój)
• Slovak: nadzvukový
• Spanish: supersónico (es)
• Swedish: överljuds- (sv), supersonisk
• Tagalog: hignugin
• Turkish: süpersonik
• Ukrainian: надзвукови́й (nadzvukovýj)

ultrasonic — see ultrasonic

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

1. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

Translations

aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound

• Faroese: yvirljóðsflogfar n
• Georgian: ზებგერითი თვითმფრინავი (zebgeriti tvitmprinavi), ზებგერითი საჰაერო ხომალდი (zebgeriti sahaero xomaldi)
• German: Überschallflugzeug (de) n
• Swedish: överljudsplan (sv) n

See also

• superluminal

Anagrams

• coin purses, croupiness, percussion

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French supersonique.

Adjective

supersonic m or n (feminine singular supersonică, masculine plural supersonici, feminine and neuter plural supersonice)

1. supersonic

Declension

Declension of supersonic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	supersonic		supersonică		supersonici	supersonice
	definite	supersonicul		supersonica		supersonicii	supersonicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	supersonic		supersonice		supersonici	supersonice
	definite	supersonicului		supersonicei		supersonicilor	supersonicelor