German

Noun

Sonde f ‎(genitive Sonde, plural Sonden)

1. probe (device used to explore, investigate or measure)
2. sonde

English

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

Anagrams

• EDNOS
• nodes
• nosed

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zonde.

Noun

sonde ‎(plural sondes, diminutive sondetjie)

1. sin

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing from French sonde.

Noun

sonde m, f ‎(plural sondes, diminutive sondetje n)

1. probe
2. feeding tube (medical equipment)

Derived terms

• ruimtesonde

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.

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)

Related terms

Verb

sonde

1. first-person singular present indicative of sonder
2. third-person singular present indicative of sonder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sonder
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of sonder
5. second-person singular imperative of sonder

Anagrams

• ondes

Italian

Noun

sonde f pl

1. plural of sonda

Anagrams

• denso

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

Borrowing 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

Borrowing 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. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sondar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sondar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sondar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sondar

Spanish

Verb

sonde

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sondar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sondar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sondar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sondar.

Sranan Tongo

Noun

sonde

1. Sunday