sonic boom

English

Noun

sonic boom (plural sonic booms)

1. (physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.

Translations

the audible effect of a shock wave in the air

• Arabic: صَوْت عَالٍ m (ṣawt ʕālin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲爆／声爆 (shēngbào), 音爆 (zh) (yīnbào)

• Czech: aerodynamický třesk m, akustický třesk m, sonický třesk m, rázová vlna f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: bang sonique
• German: Überschallknall (de) m
• Hebrew: בום על־קולי m (bum al-kolí)
• Hungarian: hangrobbanás (hu)
• Irish: tormán sonach m
• Italian: boom sonico m, boato sonico m
• Japanese: ソニックブーム (sonikkubūmu)
• Korean: 소닉 붐 (sonik bum)
• Polish: grom dźwiękowy m
• Russian: звуково́й уда́р m (zvukovój udár)
• Spanish: explosión sónica f, boom sónico m, estampido sónico m
• Swedish: ljudbang (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tiếng nổ siêu thanh

Verb

sonic boom (third-person singular simple present sonic booms, present participle sonic booming, simple past and past participle sonic boomed)

1. To produce such an effect.