sonde

See also: Sonde, sondé, and sònde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɑnd/
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Noun

sonde (plural sondes)

1. (medicine) Probe; sound.
2. (physical sciences) Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• backscattersonde
• balloonsonde
• cryosonde
• datasonde
• dropsonde
• electrosonde
• minisonde
• ozonesonde
• radiosonde
• rawinsonde
• rocketsonde

Translations

probe

• Bulgarian: сонда (bg) f (sonda)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: koetin (fi), sondi (fi)

device

• Bulgarian: сензор (bg) m (senzor)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sondi (fi), luotain (fi)

Anagrams

• Denos, dones, Soden, endos, Deons, nodes, ondes, Edson, nosed, Endos, Dones, EDNOS

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zonde.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

sonde (plural sondes, diminutive sondetjie)

1. sin

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.

Noun

sonde f

1. (Tredici Comuni) sun

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Etymology

From French sonde.

Noun

sonde

1. probe
2. medical device to feed a person directly into the stomach

Declension

Declension of sonde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sonde	sonden	sonder	sonderne
genitive	sondes	sondens	sonders	sondernes

Related terms

• sondemad
• sondemade

 

Further reading

• “sonde” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔn.də/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔndə

Noun

sonde m or f (plural sondes, diminutive sondetje n)

1. probe
2. feeding tube (medical equipment)

Derived terms

• ruimtesonde

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sonde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̃d/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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.

Noun

sonde f (plural sondes)

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

Derived terms

• ballon-sonde
• sondage
• sonde urinaire
• sonder
• sondeur

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: sonda
• → Danish: sonde
• → Dutch: sonde
  • → Indonesian: sonde
• → English: sonde
• → German: Sonde
  • → Russian: зонд (zond)
    • → Kazakh: зонд (zond)
• → Italian: sonda
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سونده (sonda), سوندا (sonda)
    • Turkish: sonda
• → Norwegian Bokmål: sonde
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: sonde
• → Portuguese: sonda
• → Spanish: sonda

Etymology 2

Verb

sonde

1. inflection of sonder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ondes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch sonde, from French sonde, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔnde]
• Hyphenation: son‧dé

Noun

sondé (first-person possessive sondeku, second-person possessive sondemu, third-person possessive sondenya)

1. (astronomy, meteorology) probe
2. (medicine) probe; sound.
3. explorer: any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔndə]
• Hyphenation: son‧dê

Noun

sondê (first-person possessive sondeku, second-person possessive sondemu, third-person possessive sondenya)

1. (medicine) feeding tube.

   Synonym: selang makanan

Further reading

• “sonde” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈson.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: són‧de

Noun

sonde f pl

1. plural of sonda

Anagrams

• denso

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sunda, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō.

Noun

sonde f

1. sin, transgression

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zonde
• Limburgish: zönj

Further reading

• “sonde”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sonde (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

sonde

1. Alternative form of sande

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English [Term?].

Noun

sonde f (plural sondes)

1. (Jersey, nautical) sounding line

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde.

Noun

sonde m (definite singular sonden, indefinite plural sonder, definite plural sondene)

1. a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)

Derived terms

• romsonde

References

• “sonde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde.

Noun

sonde m (definite singular sonden, indefinite plural sondar, definite plural sondane)

1. a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)

Derived terms

• romsonde

References

• “sonde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

sonde

1. inflection of sondar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

sonde

1. inflection of sondar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English Sunday, equivalent to son +‎ dei.

Noun

sonde

1. Sunday