sonda

See also: Sonda and sondá

Catalan

Etymology

From Middle French sonde (“sounding line”), 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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈson.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈson.da/

Noun

sonda f (plural sondes)

1. sounder
2. probe

Derived terms

• sondar
• sondejar

Further reading

• “sonda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sonda” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sonda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sonda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsonda]

Noun

sonda f

1. probe (a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure)
2. probe (an investigation or inquiry)

Derived terms

• kosmická sonda f

Related terms

• sondovat
• sondáž

Further reading

• sonda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sonda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Verb

sonda

1. third-person singular past historic of sonder

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Italian

Etymology

From French sonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈson.da/
• Rhymes: -onda

Noun

sonda f (plural sonde)

1. sonde, probe
2. drill

Derived terms

• radiosonda, telesonda

Verb

sonda

1. inflection of sondare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• snoda

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.dɒ/

• Audio

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Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. (nautical) sounding, depth

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Polish

Etymology

From French sonde, from Middle French, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔn.da/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sonda f

1. (sciences, medicine) probe
2. (astronautics) probe, explorer
3. (nautical) plumb, bathometer
4. (sociology) vox pop, poll

Declension

Declension of sonda

	singular	plural
nominative	sonda	sondy
genitive	sondy	sond
dative	sondzie	sondom
accusative	sondę	sondy
instrumental	sondą	sondami
locative	sondzie	sondach
vocative	sondo	sondy

Further reading

• sonda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sonda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French sonde.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: son‧da

Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. probe (device or craft used for exploration)
2. sound (long, thin probe for sounding body)
3. a rope or rod used to fathom bodies of water

Verb

sonda

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sondar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sondar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sonder.

Verb

a sonda (third-person singular present sondează, past participle sondat) 1st conj.

1. to probe

Conjugation

    conjugation of sonda (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a sonda
gerund			sondând
past participle			sondat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sondez	sondezi	sondează	sondăm	sondați	sondează
	imperfect	sondam	sondai	sonda	sondam	sondați	sondau
	simple perfect	sondai	sondași	sondă	sondarăm	sondarăți	sondară
	pluperfect	sondasem	sondaseși	sondase	sondaserăm	sondaserăți	sondaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sondez	să sondezi	să sondeze	să sondăm	să sondați	să sondeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sondează			sondați
	negative		nu sonda			nu sondați

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) somda
• (Puter) sanda

Etymology

From Latin diēs Sabbati (“day of the Sabbath”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *sambati diēs < *Sabbati diēs; compare French samedi). Alternatively from sabbata, plural of sabbatum. Compare Ladin sabeda, Friulian sabide, Dalmatian sabata, Romanian sâmbătă.

Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) Saturday

Adverb

sonda

1. on Saturday

Related terms

• la sonda

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȏnda f (Cyrillic spelling со̑нда)

1. a probe (a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure)

Declension

Declension of sonda

	singular	plural
nominative	sonda	sonde
genitive	sonde	sonda / sondi
dative	sondi	sondama
accusative	sondu	sonde
vocative	sondo	sonde
locative	sondi	sondama
instrumental	sondom	sondama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsonda/, [ˈsõn̪.d̪a]

Etymology 1

From French sonde.

Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. probe
2. (medicine) catheter, tube

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sonda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sondar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of sondar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sondar.

Further reading

• “sonda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.