sonde

See also: Sonde, sondé, sònde, and sɔ́nde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (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

• aerosonde
• 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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• Finnish: sondi (fi), luotain (fi)

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zonde.

Pronunciation

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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 (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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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
• → Italian: sonda
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سونده (sonda), سوندا (sonda)
    • Turkish: sonda
• → Norwegian Bokmål: sonde
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: sonde
• → Portuguese: sonda
• → Russian: зонд (zond)
  • → Georgian: ზონდი (zondi)
  • → Kazakh: зонд (zond)
• → Spanish: sonda
• → Ukrainian: зонд (zond)
• → Vietnamese: xông

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 (plural sonde-sonde)

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 (plural sonde-sonde)

1. (medicine) feeding tube

   Synonym: selang makanan

Further reading

• “sonde”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sonde	sonden
accusative	sonde	sonden
genitive	sonde, sonden	sonden
dative	sonde, sonden	sonden

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sand, sond, from Proto-West Germanic *sandu, from Proto-Germanic *sandō.

The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Alternative forms

• sond
• soonde (Late Middle English)
• saand, sand, sande (especially Northern); saande, saynd (Northern, late)
• send (Early Scots)
• sound, sunde (Southern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ̝ːnd(ə)/, /ˈsɔnd(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsand(ə)/, /ˈsaːnd(ə)/ (especially Northern)

Noun

sonde (plural sondes or (early) sonden)

1. A message; information communicated or conveyed:
   1. An invitation, order, or a message containing one.
   2. (religion) A divine ordinance or commandment.
2. A messenger or envoy; one transmitting a message.
3. A mission or deputation; a group of messengers.
4. A helping or serving of food.
5. (religion) A divinely-bestowed favour or present.

Descendants

• English: saind, send (dialectal; influenced by the verb send)
• Middle Scots: send (influenced by the verb send)
  • Scots: send

References

• “sō̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

sonde

1. alternative form of sond

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