sondage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sondage (“survey, sounding”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
sondage (plural sondages)
- (archaeology) A small test excavation or test pit to examine the stratigraphy of a site; a deeper investigation of a small part of a larger trench.
Translations
test excavation
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sondage m (plural sondages)
- poll, survey
- (medicine) probing, probe, catheterization
- (technology) boring, drilling
- (nautical, meteorology) sounding
Descendants
Further reading
- “sondage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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