supersonic

English

Etymology

super- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

(of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
(colloquial, of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible

Related terms

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

Translations

greater than the speed of sound

Chinese:
Mandarin: 超音速 (zh) (chāoyīnsù)
Czech: nadzvukový (cs), supersonický (cs)
Finnish: ääntä nopeampi
French: supersonique (fr) m or f
Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti)
German: Überschall-
Greek: υπερηχητικός (el) (yperichitikós)
Hindi: पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik)
Italian: supersonico (it)
Japanese: 超音速 (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku)

Korean: 초음파의 (cho-eumpaui), 초음속의 (cho-eumsogui)
Marathi: स्वनातीत (svanātīt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: supersonisk

Nynorsk: supersonisk
Polish: naddźwiękowy (pl)
Portuguese: supersónico m (Portugal), supersônico (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: supersonic (ro)
Russian: сверхзвуково́й (ru) (sverxzvukovój)
Tagalog: hignugin

ultrasonic — see ultrasonic

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

See also

superluminal

Anagrams

coin purses, croupiness, percussion

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