probe

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• UK: /pɹəʊb/
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• General-American: /pɹoʊb/
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• rhymes with -əʊb
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For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِسْبَار (misbār) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Bulgarian: сонда (sonda) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Catalan: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Czech: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• French: sonde — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• French: explorateur — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Galician: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Greek: καθετήρας (kathetíras) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Ancient Greek: μήλη (mḗlē) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Hebrew: זונדה (zónda) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Italian: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Italian: specillo — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Latin: specillum — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Latin: mēlōtris — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Māori: rou — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Māori: toromoka — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Occitan: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Polish: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Portuguese: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Russian: зонд (zond) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Russian: щуп (ščup) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Spanish: tienta — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Spanish: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Telugu: ఏషణి (ēṣaṇi) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Turkish: sonda — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Ottoman Turkish: میل (mil) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Ottoman Turkish: سونده (sonda) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Ottoman Turkish: اسقندیل (iskandil) — any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
• Armenian: հետաքննություն (hetakʻnnutʻyun) — investigation or inquiry
• Bulgarian: разследване (razsledvane) — investigation or inquiry
• Catalan: sondeig — investigation or inquiry
• Catalan: enquesta — investigation or inquiry
• Chinese Mandarin: 調査 /调査 — investigation or inquiry
• Chinese Mandarin: 调查 (diàochá) — investigation or inquiry
• Czech: prošetření — investigation or inquiry
• Czech: průzkum — investigation or inquiry
• Finnish: tutkimus — investigation or inquiry
• Finnish: selvitys — investigation or inquiry
• Galician: investigación — investigation or inquiry
• Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — investigation or inquiry
• German: Untersuchung — investigation or inquiry
• Hebrew: מחקר (mehkár) — investigation or inquiry
• Hebrew: חקירה (khakirá) — investigation or inquiry
• Hebrew: בדיקה (bdiká) — investigation or inquiry
• Italian: inchiesta — investigation or inquiry
• Italian: investigazione — investigation or inquiry
• Japanese: 調査 (chōsa) — investigation or inquiry
• Māori: rou — investigation or inquiry
• Occitan: sondatge — investigation or inquiry
• Occitan: investigacion — investigation or inquiry
• Occitan: enquèsta — investigation or inquiry
• Portuguese: investigação — investigation or inquiry
• Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — investigation or inquiry
• Russian: рассле́дование (rasslédovanije) — investigation or inquiry
• Russian: зонди́рование (zondírovanije) — investigation or inquiry
• Spanish: sondeo — investigation or inquiry
• French: perche — aeronautics: tube on aircraft
• Arabic: مِسْبَار (misbār) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Armenian: զոնդ (zond) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Bulgarian: сонда (sonda) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Catalan: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Chinese Mandarin: 探測器 /探测器 (tàncèqì) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Chinese Mandarin: 探針 /探针 (tànzhēn) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Czech: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Dutch: sonde — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Finnish: luotain — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Finnish: koetin — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Finnish: anturi — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Finnish: sondi — sciences: electrode or other small device
• French: sonde — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Galician: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Georgian: ზონდი (zondi) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Italian: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Japanese: 探針 (tanshin) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Japanese: 探査機 (tansaki) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Malay: kuar — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Norwegian: sonde — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Occitan: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Portuguese: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Russian: зонд (zond) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Russian: щуп (ščup) — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Spanish: sonda — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Turkish: prob — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Welsh: chwiliedydd — sciences: electrode or other small device
• Arabic: مِسْبَار (misbār) — spacecraft
• Catalan: sonda — spacecraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 探測器 /探测器 (tàncèqì) — spacecraft
• Czech: sonda — spacecraft
• Dutch: sonde — spacecraft
• Finnish: luotain — spacecraft
• French: sonde — spacecraft
• Galician: sonda — spacecraft
• Galician: sonda espacial — spacecraft
• German: Sonde — spacecraft
• Hungarian: űrszonda — spacecraft
• Italian: sonda — spacecraft
• Japanese: 探査機 (tansaki) — spacecraft
• Korean: 탐사기 (tamsagi) — spacecraft
• Lithuanian: zondas — spacecraft
• Malay: kuar — spacecraft
• Māori: waka ātea whakaoreore — spacecraft
• Occitan: sonda — spacecraft
• Portuguese: sonda — spacecraft
• Russian: зонд (zond) — spacecraft
• Russian: АМС (AMS) — spacecraft
• Slovene: sonda — spacecraft
• Spanish: sonda espacial — spacecraft
• Swedish: sond — spacecraft
• Turkish: sonda — spacecraft
• Vietnamese: thăm dò — spacecraft
• Catalan: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• French: sonde — radioactively labeled molecule
• Galician: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• Italian: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• Occitan: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• Portuguese: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• Spanish: sonda — radioactively labeled molecule
• Bulgarian: изследвам (izsledvam) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Bulgarian: проучвам (proučvam) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Chinese Mandarin: 探查 (tànchá) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Chinese Mandarin: 查明 (chámíng) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Chinese Mandarin: 調査 /调査 — to explore, investigate, or question
• Chinese Mandarin: 调查 (diàochá) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Finnish: tutkia — to explore, investigate, or question
• Finnish: tunnustella — to explore, investigate, or question
• Finnish: tiedustella — to explore, investigate, or question
• Finnish: ottaa selko — to explore, investigate, or question
• German: untersuchen — to explore, investigate, or question
• Greek: ερευνώ (erevnó) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Greek: αναδιφώ (anadifó) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Italian: investigare — to explore, investigate, or question
• Japanese: 調査する (chōsa-suru) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Latin: scrūtor — to explore, investigate, or question
• Māori: hurahura — to explore, investigate, or question
• Māori: pākiki — to explore, investigate, or question
• Norwegian: undersøke — to explore, investigate, or question
• Norwegian: utforske — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: dociekać — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: dociec — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: wnikać — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: wniknąć — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: badać — to explore, investigate, or question
• Polish: zbadać — to explore, investigate, or question
• Portuguese: sondar — to explore, investigate, or question
• Portuguese: investigar — to explore, investigate, or question
• Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Russian: рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Russian: зонди́ровать (zondírovatʹ) — to explore, investigate, or question
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — to explore, investigate, or question
• Spanish: sondar — to explore, investigate, or question
• Spanish: sondear — to explore, investigate, or question
• Spanish: asondar — to explore, investigate, or question
• Swedish: utforska — to explore, investigate, or question
• Turkish: aramak — to explore, investigate, or question
• Bulgarian: сондирам (sondiram) — to insert a probe into
• Greek: καθετηριάζω (kathetiriázo) — to insert a probe into
• Māori: toromoka — to insert a probe into
• Māori: ore — to insert a probe into
• Māori: whakaoreore — to insert a probe into
• Portuguese: sondar — to insert a probe into
• Spanish: sondar — to insert a probe into
• Spanish: asondar — to insert a probe into
• Spanish: sondear — to insert a probe into