sond

See also: sōnd and sönd

English

Noun

sond (plural sonds)

  1. Alternative form of sonde (testing device).

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔːnd/, /sɔnd/
  • (especially Northern) IPA(key): /sand/, /saːnd/

Noun

sond (uncountable)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)
  2. A grain of sand.
  3. A shoal, the sea floor.
  4. Land, dry ground.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: sand
  • Middle Scots: sand
  • Yola: zoane
References

Etymology 2

Noun

sond

  1. alternative form of sonde

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian سوگند (sowgand). Central Kurdish سوێند (swênd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːnd/

Noun

sond f

  1. oath

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “sond”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

Old English

Noun

sond f

  1. alternative form of sand (sending)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonde. Cognate of German Sonde.

Noun

sond c

  1. a probe, a sound (long and thin probe)
  2. a feeding tube
  3. a probe (unmanned exploratory craft)

Declension

Declension of sond
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sond sonds
definite sonden sondens
plural indefinite sonder sonders
definite sonderna sondernas

Derived terms

References

Vilamovian

Noun

sond m (plural sonda)

  1. court of law