sonde

Signification

Noun

1. probe; sound
2. any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations
3. probe
4. sound (measurement to establish the depth of water)

Verb

1. inflection of sonder:
2. inflection of sonder:

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɔ̃d/

Étymologie

From Middle French, from Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.