sonde
English
Noun
sonde (plural sondes)
Derived terms
- balloonsonde
- datasonde
- electrosonde
- ozonesonde
- radiosonde
- rawinsonde
- rocketsonde
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.
References
- “sonde” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔn.də/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔndə
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ̃d/
Audio (file)
Noun
sonde f (plural sondes)
Related terms
Verb
sonde
Further reading
- “sonde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch sunda, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: zonde
- Limburgish: zönj
Middle English
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English [Term?].
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
sonde m (definite singular sonden, indefinite plural sonder, definite plural sondene)
- a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
sonde m (definite singular sonden, indefinite plural sondar, definite plural sondane)
- a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Spanish
Verb
sonde
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sondar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sondar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sondar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sondar.