English
Etymology
From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
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)
- Kazakh: асқындыбыстық (asqyndybystyq)
- 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)
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Noun
supersonic (plural supersonics)
- 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
- Polish: samolot naddźwiękowy m
- Swedish: överljudsplan (sv) n
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See also
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French supersonique.
Adjective
supersonic m or n (feminine singular supersonică, masculine plural supersonici, feminine and neuter plural supersonice)
- supersonic
Declension
Declension of supersonic
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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nominative-
accusative
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indefinite
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supersonic
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supersonică
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supersonici
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supersonice
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supersonicul
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supersonica
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supersonicii
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supersonicele
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genitive-
dative
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indefinite
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supersonic
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supersonice
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supersonici
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supersonice
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supersonicului
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supersonicei
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supersonicilor
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supersonicelor
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