verb🔗ShareSonner, retentirTo produce a sound."When the horn sounds, take cover."Quand le klaxon retentit, mettez-vous à l'abri.soundactionlanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSonner, semblerTo convey an impression by one's sound."He sounded good when we last spoke."Il sonnait bien la dernière fois que nous avons parlé.soundlanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetentir, sembler, annoncerTo be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound."The school bell was sounding, signaling the end of class. "La cloche de l'école retentissait, annonçant la fin des cours.soundcommunicationmediatechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetentir, résonnerTo resound."The bell was sounding loudly throughout the school, signaling the end of class. "La cloche retentissait bruyamment dans toute l'école, signalant la fin des cours.soundmusicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRésulter, relever(often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law."The legal dispute, while seemingly about property lines, is actually sounding in contract law due to the initial agreement between the neighbors. "Le litige juridique, bien que semblant porter sur les limites de propriété, relève en fait du droit des contrats en raison de l'accord initial entre les voisins.lawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire sonner, émettre un sonTo cause to produce a sound."He sounds the instrument."Il fait sonner l'instrument.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePrononcer, articuler(of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce."The teacher is demonstrating how to pronounce the 'th' sound, carefully sounding each letter. "Le professeur démontre comment prononcer le son 'th', en articulant soigneusement chaque lettre.phoneticslanguagelinguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePlongerDive downwards, used of a whale."The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."La baleine plongea et huit cents pieds de ligne lourde jaillirent du bac à ligne avant qu'elle ne termine sa plongée.animalnauticaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSonder, tâter le terrainTo ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe."When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."Quand je l'ai sondé, il a semblé favoriser l'accord proposé.communicationmindpersonactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSonderTest; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device."Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."Les marins des voiliers sondaient la profondeur de l'eau avec une sonde lestée.nauticalsailingoceansounddeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSonder, ausculterTo examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion."to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"Sonder un patient, ou la vessie ou l'urètre.medicinephysiologysoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSondage, le fait de sonnerThe action of the verb to sound."The sounding of the school bell signaled the end of the lunch break. "Le son de la cloche de l'école a signalé la fin de la pause déjeuner.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSonore, retentissantEmitting a sound."The sounding bell woke me up."La cloche sonore m'a réveillé.soundphysicssensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSonoreSonorous."The church bell had a deep, sounding tone that echoed through the town. "Le son de la cloche de l'église était profond et sonore, et résonnait dans toute la ville.soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSondageTest made with a probe or sonde."The oceanographer carefully analyzed the sounding from the research vessel to understand the depth and composition of the seabed. "L'océanographe a soigneusement analysé le sondage du navire de recherche pour comprendre la profondeur et la composition des fonds marins.technicalsciencemedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSondage, profondeur d'eauA measured depth of water."The sailor took a sounding every five minutes"Le marin effectuait un sondage toutes les cinq minutes.nauticaloceansailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe sondageThe act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes"Due to the potential for infection and injury, sounding should only be performed by a qualified medical professional. "En raison du risque d'infection et de blessure, le sondage ne doit être pratiqué que par un professionnel de la santé qualifié.medicinesexbodyanatomyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSondages(chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom."The ship's captain consulted the nautical chart to avoid the shallows and navigate safely through known soundings. "Le capitaine du navire a consulté la carte nautique pour éviter les hauts-fonds et naviguer en toute sécurité à travers les sondages connus.nauticaloceangeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe fond marin, les sédiments remontés par la sondeThe sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom."The sounding showed the depth of the lake was ten feet. "Le fond marin indiquait que la profondeur du lac était de dix pieds.nauticaloceansailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading