Standard Lemma guide

infrasonic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -ɒnɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having frequencies below the human audible range

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: acoustics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Generating or employing such sound waves

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having frequencies below those of audible sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- 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 English infrasonic From infra- + sonic.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: infrasònic — having low frequencies
  • Finnish: infraääni- — having low frequencies
  • French: infrasonore — having low frequencies
  • Georgian: ინფრახმოვანი (inpraxmovani) — having low frequencies
  • Georgian: ინფრაბგერითი (inprabgeriti) — having low frequencies
  • Italian: infrasonoro — having low frequencies
  • Latin: infrasonicus — having low frequencies
  • Romanian: infrasonic — having low frequencies
  • Russian: инфразвуково́й (infrazvukovój) — having low frequencies
  • Spanish: infrasónico — having low frequencies
  • Tagalog: suludnugin — having low frequencies
  • Finnish: infraääni- — generating such sound waves
  • Georgian: ინფრახმოვანი (inpraxmovani) — generating such sound waves
  • Georgian: ინფრაბგერითი (inprabgeriti) — generating such sound waves
  • Russian: инфразвуково́й (infrazvukovój) — generating such sound waves