Meanings
adjectivehypersonic (comparative more hypersonic, superlative most hypersonic)
comparative more hypersonic · superlative most hypersonic
- aeronauticsOf a speed, equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
He said there was worry among intelligence and military officials that China or Russia could be experimenting with hypersonic technology.
2021 June 3, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, “U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alien Technology in Flying Objects, but Can’t Rule It Out, Either”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022 - aeronauticsOf a speed, far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*swónh₂os
- Latinsonus
- Englishsonic
- Englishhypersonic
From hyper- + sonic. Doublet of supersonic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque hipersoniko
- hipersonikofive times the speed of sound
Bulgarian хиперзву́ков
- хиперзву́ков (hiperzvúkov)five times the speed of sound
Catalan hipersònic
- hipersònicfive times the speed of sound
Chinese Mandarin 高超音速, 極音速 /极音速
- 高超音速 (gāochāoyīnsù)five times the speed of sound
- 極音速 /极音速 (jíyīnsù)five times the speed of sound
Czech hypersonický
- hypersonickýfive times the speed of sound
Danish hypersonisk
- hypersoniskfive times the speed of sound
Dutch hypersonisch, hypersoon
- hypersonischfive times the speed of sound
- hypersoonfive times the speed of sound
Estonian ülehelikiirus
- ülehelikiirusfive times the speed of sound
Finnish yliääni-, hypersooninen
- yliääni-five times the speed of sound
- hypersooninenfive times the speed of sound
French hypersonique
- hypersoniquefive times the speed of sound
German hypersonisch
- hypersonischfive times the speed of sound
Hindi अतिध्वनिक
- अतिध्वनिक (atidhvanik)five times the speed of sound
Hungarian hiperszonikus
- hiperszonikusfive times the speed of sound
Italian ipersonico
- ipersonicofive times the speed of sound
Japanese 極超音速
- 極超音速 (gokuchōonsoku)five times the speed of sound
Norwegian Bokmål hypersonisk
- hypersoniskfive times the speed of sound
Polish hiperdźwiękowy
- hiperdźwiękowyfive times the speed of sound
Portuguese hipersónico, hipersônico
- hipersónicofive times the speed of sound
- hipersônicofive times the speed of sound
Romanian hipersonic
- hipersonicfive times the speed of sound
Russian гиперзвуково́й
- гиперзвуково́й (giperzvukovój)five times the speed of sound
Slovak hypersonický
- hypersonickýfive times the speed of sound
Spanish hipersónico
- hipersónicofive times the speed of sound
Swedish hypersonisk
- hypersoniskfive times the speed of sound
Tagalog sukdulnugin
- sukdulnuginfive times the speed of sound
Tamil அதிமீயொலிவேகம்
- அதிமீயொலிவேகம் (atimīyolivēkam)five times the speed of sound
Ukrainian гіперзвукови́й
- гіперзвукови́й (hiperzvukovýj)five times the speed of sound
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Cite this entry
APA
hypersonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersonic
MLA
“hypersonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypersonic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersonic.
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