sonic

adjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈsɒnɪk//
United States//ˈsɑnɪk//
Canada//ˈsɒnɪk//
Australia//ˈsɔnɪk//

Of or relating to sound.

adjective

1
Of or relating to sound.
a sonic extravagance
on a sonic level
sonic production
2
Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic From Latin sonus + English -ic.

song · A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices,…Song · A surname from Chinese.Sonia · A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of…

sonic · Of or relating to sound.

Sonja · A female given name.sonny · A familiar form of address for a boy.Sonny · A nickname for a male child.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.