sonde

Meaning

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:

Concepts

probe

wine taster

sound

saccharimeter

drill

sounding line

test probe

depth measurement

catheter

sounding

defendant

sonde

explorer

lead

detector

sensor

sniffer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔ̃d/

Etymology

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.