sond

See also: sōnd and sönd

English

Noun

sond (plural sonds)

1. Alternative form of sonde (“testing device”).

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz.

Alternative forms

• sand, sande, saunde, sonde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːnd/, /sɔnd/
• (especially Northern) IPA^(key): /sand/, /saːnd/

Noun

sond (uncountable)

1. sand (finely ground rock)
2. A grain of sand.
3. A shoal, the sea floor.
4. Land, dry ground.

Derived terms

• quyksond

Descendants

• English: sand
• Middle Scots: sand
  • Scots: saund, saun, sand
• Yola: zoane

References

• “sā̆nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

sond

1. alternative form of sonde

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian سوگند (sowgand). Central Kurdish سوێند (swênd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːnd/

Noun

sond f

1. oath

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “sond”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 558

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sond/
• Rhymes: -ond

Noun

sond f

1. alternative form of sand (“sending”)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde. Cognate of German Sonde.

Noun

sond c

1. a probe, a sound (long and thin probe)
2. a feeding tube
3. a probe (unmanned exploratory craft)

Declension

Declension of sond

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sond	sonds
	definite	sonden	sondens
plural	indefinite	sonder	sonders
	definite	sonderna	sondernas

Derived terms

• analsond
• radiosond
• rymdsond
• sondera
• sondmatning

References

• “sond”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sond”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sond”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Vilamovian

Noun

sond m (plural sonda)

1. court of law