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sonde.

probe; sound

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Meaning & usage

noun/sɔ̃d/

  1. probe; sound

    feminine

  2. any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations

    feminine

  3. probe

    feminine

  4. sound (measurement to establish the depth of water)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/sɔ̃d/

  1. inflection of sonder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of sonder: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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