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sondeur

French, noun/sɔ̃.dœʁ/

sondeur is a French masculine noun meaning “pollster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui sonde”.

What does sondeur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepollster

  2. 2

    masculinesounder, depth finder (masculine only)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui sonde.

noun: 1. Celui qui sonde. 2. Celui qui réalise des sondages d’opinion. 3. Appareil servant à sonder.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sondeur

  • sondeurs plural
  • sondeuse feminine
  • sondeuses plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sondeur?

  • /sɔ̃.dœʁ/
  • \sɔ̃.dœʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sondeur

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sondeur in French?

sondeur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).