# sonda
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈson.də]
* IPA: (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)
* sounder
* 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
* inflection of sondar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsonda]

### Noun

sonda f
* probe (a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure)
* probe (an investigation or inquiry)

#### 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:(file)

### Verb

sonda
* third-person singular past historic of sonder

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈson.da/
* Rhymes: -onda
* Hyphenation: són‧da

### Etymology 1

From French sonde.

#### Noun

sonda f (plural sonde)
* sonde, probe
* 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
* inflection of sondare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* snoda

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsun.dɒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)
* (nautical) sounding, depth

## Polish
### 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: /ˈsɔn.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnda
* Syllabification: son‧da

### Noun

sonda f
* (sciences, medicine) probe
* (medicine) feeding tube
* (astronautics) probe, explorer
* (nautical) plumb, bathometer
* (sociology) vox pop, poll

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsõ.dɐ/
* Hyphenation: son‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sonde.

#### Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)
* probe (device or craft used for exploration)
* sound (long, thin probe for sounding body)
* a rope or rod used to fathom bodies of water

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sonda
* inflection of sondar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sonder.

### Verb

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

#### 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)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) Saturday

### Adverb

sonda
* on Saturday

#### Related terms

* la sonda

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

sȏnda f (Cyrillic spelling со̑нда)
* a probe (a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsonda/ [ˈsõn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -onda
* Syllabification: son‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sonde.

#### Noun

sonda f (plural sondas)
* probe
* (medicine) catheter, tube

##### Related terms

* sondar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

sonda
* inflection of sondar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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