sondage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sondage (“survey, sounding”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒn.dɑːʒ/

Noun

sondage (plural sondages)

(archaeology) A small test excavation or test pit to examine the stratigraphy of a site; a deeper investigation of a small part of a larger trench.

Translations

test excavation

Chinese:
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Finnish: koekaivaus
Spanish: sondeo (es) m

Anagrams

endogas

French

Etymology

From sonder +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ̃.daʒ/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

sondage m (plural sondages)

poll, survey
(medicine) probing, probe, catheterization
(technology) boring, drilling
(nautical, meteorology) sounding

Descendants

→ Catalan: sondatge
→ Czech: sondáž
→ English: sondage
→ Galician: sondaxe
→ Italian: sondaggio
→ Occitan: sondatge
→ Portuguese: sondagem
→ Romanian: sondaj
→ Spanish: sondaje
→ Turkish: sondaj

Further reading

“sondage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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