inquire

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkwaɪə/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/
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• General-American: /ɪŋˈkwaɪɹ/
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• rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K W AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kwaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kweh2- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتَعْلَمَ (istaʕlama) — to ask about something
• Arabic: سَأَلَ (saʔala) — to ask about something
• Arabic: سأل (saʔal) — to ask about something
• Armenian: հարցնել (harcʻnel) — to ask about something
• Basque: iker — to ask about something
• Bulgarian: разпи́твам (razpítvam) — to ask about something
• Bulgarian: интересу́вам се (interesúvam se) — to ask about something
• Chinese Mandarin: 詢問 /询问 (xúnwèn) — to ask about something
• Chinese Mandarin: 打聽 /打听 (dǎting) — to ask about something
• Esperanto: demandi — to ask about something
• Finnish: kysyä — to ask about something
• Finnish: tiedustella — to ask about something
• Finnish: kysellä — to ask about something
• French: enquêter — to ask about something
• French: se renseigner — to ask about something
• Galician: inquirir — to ask about something
• German: sich erkundigen — to ask about something
• German: nachfragen — to ask about something
• German: inquirieren — to ask about something
• Hebrew: שָׁאַל) (sha'ál) — to ask about something
• Hungarian: érdeklődik — to ask about something
• Hungarian: tudakozódik — to ask about something
• Hungarian: kérdezősködik — to ask about something
• Irish: fiafraigh — to ask about something
• Irish: fiosraigh — to ask about something
• Japanese: 問い合わせる (toiawaseru) — to ask about something
• Japanese: 尋ねる (tazuneru) — to ask about something
• Japanese: 訊く (kiku) — to ask about something
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to ask about something
• Latin: scisco — to ask about something
• Latin: sciscitor — to ask about something
• Latin: scitor — to ask about something
• Māori: pakirehua — to ask about something
• Norwegian Bokmål: spørre — to ask about something
• Norwegian Bokmål: forespørre — to ask about something
• Portuguese: inquirir — to ask about something
• Romanian: investiga — to ask about something
• Romanian: cerceta — to ask about something
• Russian: спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) — to ask about something
• Russian: справля́ться (spravljátʹsja) — to ask about something
• Sanskrit: पृच्छति (pṛcchati) — to ask about something
• Scottish Gaelic: faighnich — to ask about something
• Spanish: investigar — to ask about something
• Spanish: informarse — to ask about something
• Spanish: inquirir — to ask about something
• Spanish: inquerir (disused) — to ask about something
• Swedish: fråga — to ask about something
• Swedish: höra sig för — to ask about something
• Telugu: విచారించు (vicāriñcu) — to ask about something
• Telugu: దర్యాప్తు చేయు (daryāptu cēyu) — to ask about something
• Thai: สอบถาม (sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam) — to ask about something
• Ottoman Turkish: صورمق (sormak) — to ask about something
• Ukrainian: питати (pytaty) — to ask about something
• Ukrainian: довідуватися (doviduvatysja) — to ask about something
• Bulgarian: разпитяам (razpitjaam) — to make an enquiry
• Finnish: tiedustella — to make an enquiry
• German: nachforschen — to make an enquiry
• Māori: whakaui — to make an enquiry
• Māori: urupounamu — to make an enquiry
• Māori: pakirehua — to make an enquiry
• Scottish Gaelic: faighnich — to make an enquiry
• Spanish: consultar — to make an enquiry
• Spanish: preguntar — to make an enquiry
• Spanish: inquirir — to make an enquiry
• Spanish: inquerir (disused) — to make an enquiry
• Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to make an enquiry