English-French translations for sounding

• sondage
  a) Des sondages d'opinion ont-ils été réalisés en Europe par catégorie de population? Have special public opinion soundings been taken in Europe by population category?
  Il se peut que cette période ait été nécessaire - car elle nous a permis d’effectuer des sondages afin d’évaluer comment nous pourrions procéder -, mais cela n’est pas suffisant. That period may have been necessary – for it allowed us to take soundings to gauge how we may proceed – but it is not enough.

Definition of sounding

• The action of the verb to sound
• Emitting a sound
• Sonorous
• Test made with a probe or sonde
• A measured depth of water
• The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes
• The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom

Examples

• The sounding bell woke me up.
• Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed
• The sailor took a sounding every five minutes

Related words

• resounding
• resoundingly
• sounding line
• sounding board
• sounding balloon
• sounding rocket
• sounding stone
• sounding lead
• sounding machine