sounder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊndə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ġesundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

sounder

1. comparative form of sound: more sound
   • 1961 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 199:

     The Northern Division Traffic Manager has said that there is no present intention of terminating the service, but the hopes previously entertained of expanding it cannot be entertained until it is operating on a sounder economic basis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English soundar, sownere, equivalent to sound +‎ -er.

Noun

sounder (plural sounders)

1. Something, or someone who makes a sound.
2. (nautical) A device for making soundings at sea.
3. (fishing) A fishfinder.
4. An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
5. (medicine, dated, plural only) A stethoscope.

Derived terms

• depth sounder
• echo sounder
• telegraph sounder

Translations

sounding device

• Finnish: luotain (fi)
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Etymology 3

Old English sunor

Noun

sounder (plural sounders)

1. A group of wild boar.
2. A young boar.

Anagrams

• Oresund, enduros, resound, undoers, unsored