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超音速 (ちょうおんそく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

超ちょう音おん速そく

ちょ

う

お

ん

そ

く

Common word

Meanings

1

noun

supersonic speed

Refers to speeds exceeding the speed of sound (Mach 1). Commonly used in technical and news contexts.

超ちょう音おん速そくで飛とぶ旅りょ客かく機きの開かい発はつが進すすめられている。
Development of a passenger aircraft that flies at supersonic speed is underway.
その戦せん闘とう機きは超ちょう音おん

速そく

に

達たっ

し

た

。

The fighter jet reached supersonic speed.

Kanji

超transcend, super-, ultra-
音sound, noise
速quick, fast

Similar words

音おん速そく
音速 means 'speed of sound', while 超音速 specifically means speeds faster than sound.
亜あ音おん速そく
亜音速 means 'subsonic speed', i.e., slower than the speed of sound, the opposite of 超音速.

Etymology

Compound of 超 (chō, 'super-', 'ultra-') + 音速 (onsoku, 'speed of sound').