sonda

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈson.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈson.da]

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.

sonda f (plural sondes)

1. sounder
2. probe

• sondar
• sondejar

• “sonda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sonda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

sonda

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsonda]

sonda f

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

• “sonda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sonda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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sonda

1. third-person singular past historic of sonder

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

From French sonde.

sonda f (plural sonde)

1. sonde, probe
2. drill

• radiosonda, telesonda

• → Ottoman Turkish: سونده (sonda), سوندا (sonda)
  • Turkish: sonda

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sonda

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

• snoda

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.dɒ/

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sonda f (plural sondas)

1. (nautical) sounding, depth

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔn.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnda
• Syllabification: son‧da

sonda f

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

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

• Hyphenation: son‧da

Borrowed from French sonde.

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

sonda

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

Borrowed from French sonder.

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

1. to probe

• “sonda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• somda (Sutsilvan)
• sanda (Puter)

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.

sonda f (plural sondas)

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

sonda

1. on Saturday

• la sonda

sȏnda f (Cyrillic spelling со̑нда)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsonda/ [ˈsõn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: son‧da

Borrowed from French sonde.

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. probe
2. (medicine) catheter, tube

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sonda

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

• “sonda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024