sonder

Pronunciation: /sɔ̃.de/

“sonder” is a French word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

to probe (test with a probe)
to probe (test the depth of something)
to sound (use sound waves to establish the depth)
to probe (look carefully around)
to probe (ask someone many questions, in order to find something out)
to survey and take measurements using a weather balloon
to survey (carry out a survey or poll)
to dive down

In French

Reconnaître, par des instruments idoines, la profondeur de la mer, d’une rivière, la nature du fond, etc.
Enfoncer, introduire dans certaines choses un instrument fait exprès, pour en connaître la nature ou la qualité.
Tâcher de connaître s’il n’y a pas de danger dans une affaire et de savoir comment il faudra s’y prendre pour réussir.
Explorer une plaie ou une cavité du corps à l’aide d’une sonde.
Chercher à connaître.
Chercher à connaître les pensées, les volontés de quelqu’un.
Plonger, en parlant des baleines, cachalots et autres grands cétacés.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from Old English sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European…

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