sonda

See also: Sonda and sondá

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

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, 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.

Etymology 2

Verb

sonda

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

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)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	sonda	sondy
genitive	sondy	sond
dative	sondě	sondám
accusative	sondu	sondy
vocative	sondo	sondy
locative	sondě	sondách
instrumental	sondou	sondami

Declension of sonda (hard feminine)

Derived terms

• kosmická sonda f

Related terms

• sondáž
• sondovat

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

sonda

1. third-person singular past historic of sonder

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From French sonde.

Noun

sonda f (plural sonde)

1. sonde, probe
2. drill

Derived terms

• radiosonda, telesonda

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sonda

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

Anagrams

• snoda

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.dɒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. (nautical) sounding, depth

Polish

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Etymology

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)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔn.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnda
• Syllabification: son‧da

Noun

sonda f

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

Declension

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

Declension of sonda

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: son‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sonde.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

sonda

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonder.

Verb

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

1. to probe

Conjugation

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

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

Related terms

• sondaj

Further reading

• sonda in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• somda (Sutsilvan)
• sanda (Puter)

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

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

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

Declension of sonda

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sonde.

Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)

1. probe
2. (medicine) catheter, tube

Related terms

• sondar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sonda

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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10