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sonder.

to probe (test with a probe)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɔ̃.de/
  1. to probe (test with a probe)

    transitive
  2. to probe (test the depth of something)

    transitive
  3. to probe (test the depth of something) to sound (use sound waves to establish the depth)

    transitive
  4. to probe (look carefully around)

    transitive
  5. to probe (ask someone many questions, in order to find something out)

    transitive
  6. to survey and take measurements using a weather balloon

  7. to survey (carry out a survey or poll)

  8. to dive down

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from Old English sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, 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.

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