Phrase guide

speed of sound

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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History

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: spoed van klank — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Arabic: سرعَة الصوت — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Bulgarian: скорост на звука (skorost na zvuka) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Catalan: velocitat del so — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 音速 (yīnsù) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Czech: rychlost zvuku — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Danish: lydens hastighed — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Dutch: geluidssnelheid — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Finnish: äänen nopeus — speed at which sound is propagated
  • French: vitesse du son — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Georgian: ბგერის სიჩქარე (bgeris sičkare) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • German: Schallgeschwindigkeit — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Greek: ταχύτητα του ήχου (tachýtita tou íchou) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Hebrew: מהירות הקול (mehirót ha-kól) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Hungarian: hangsebesség — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Italian: velocità del suono — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Japanese: 音速 (onsoku) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Korean: 음속 (eumsok) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Lithuanian: garso greitis — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Macedonian: брзина на звук (brzina na zvuk) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Mongolian: дууны хурд (duuny xurd) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Polish: prędkość dźwięku — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Portuguese: velocidade do som — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Romanian: viteza sunetului — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Russian: ско́рость зву́ка (skórostʹ zvúka) — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Serbo-Croatian: брзина звука — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Serbo-Croatian: brzina zvuka — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Slovak: rýchlosť zvuku — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Slovene: hitrost zvoka — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Spanish: velocidad del sonido — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Swedish: ljudhastighet — speed at which sound is propagated
  • Thai: ความเร็วเสียง (kwaam reo sĭang) — speed at which sound is propagated