sonda

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) sounder
2. (feminine) probe

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of sondar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of sondar:

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sondar

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to sound, to take soundings of
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to insert a probe into
3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, figuratively, transitive) to sound out (determine a person's intent or preference)

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Concepts

catheter

probe

Synonyms

catèter

cala

calador

Translations

cathéter

catetere

cateter

sonda

καθετήρας

sonda

catéter

قسطر

sonda

Katheter

sonde

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈson.də]

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: sund

In summary

From Middle French sonde (“sounding line”), 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.