sonde

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔ̃d/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: sund

In summary

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.

Concepts

probe

wine taster

sound

🔉

drill

explorer

lead

saccharimeter

sensor

sniffer

sonde

sounding

sounding line

test probe

catheter

depth measurement

defendant

detector

Synonyms

goûte-vin

tâte-vin

pipette

enquête

capteur

glucomètre

mustimètre

pèsemoût

saccharimètre

tarière

mesure de la profondeur

détecteur

mesure de profondeur

explorateur

foreuse

senseur

Translations

sonda

sonda

sonda

catetere

sonda

scandaglio

iskandil

Sonde

sonda

مِسْبَار

wijnproever

voeler

sonde

alzavino

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