inquiry

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪŋ-/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈɪnkwɪɹi/
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• General-American: /ɪŋ-/
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• rhymes with -aɪəɹi
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K W AY1 R IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N K W ER0 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, 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”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: তলাশ (tolaś) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Bulgarian: питане (pitane) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Bulgarian: запитване (zapitvane) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Catalan: indagació — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Catalan: perquisició — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Chinese Mandarin: 查詢 /查询 (cháxún) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Chinese Mandarin: 質問 /质问 (zhìwèn) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Danish: forespørgsel — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Danish: forhør — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Dutch: navraag — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Esperanto: demandado — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Finnish: kysely — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Finnish: tiedustelu — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Finnish: tutkimus — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• French: enquête — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Galician: investigación — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Galician: esculca — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Georgian: გამოკითხვა (gamoḳitxva) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Georgian: გამოძიება (gamoʒieba) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• German: Anfrage — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• German: Erkundigung — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• German: Abfrage — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Ancient Greek: ζήτημα (zḗtēma) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Hindi: जाँच (jā̃c) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Hungarian: érdeklődés — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Hungarian: tudakozódás — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Hungarian: kérdezősködés — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Hungarian: tájékozódás — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Interlingua: inquesta — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Irish: fiosrúchán — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Italian: inchiesta — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Italian: indagine — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Japanese: 問い合わせ (toiawase) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Japanese: 調査 (chōsa) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Japanese: 質問 (shitsumon) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Japanese: 探究 (tankyū) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Korean: 질문 (jilmun) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Korean: 문의 (munui) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Korean: 조사 (josa) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Korean: 탐구 (tamgu) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Latin: quaestiō — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Latin: scītātiō — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Malayalam: അന്വേഷണം (anvēṣaṇaṁ) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Norwegian Bokmål: forespørsel — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Portuguese: pergunta — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Portuguese: questionamento — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Portuguese: inquérito — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Romanian: anchetă — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Russian: запро́с (zaprós) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Russian: рассле́дование (rasslédovanije) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Russian: дозна́ние (doznánije) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Sanskrit: पृच्छा (pṛcchā) — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Spanish: indagatoria — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Spanish: pesquisa — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Spanish: indagación — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Spanish: inquietud — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Spanish: consulta — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Swedish: förfrågan — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Swedish: efterforskning — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Swedish: undersökning — the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)
• Danish: undersøgelse — research; investigation
• Dutch: onderzoek — research; investigation
• Esperanto: enketo — research; investigation
• Finnish: tutkimus — research; investigation
• German: Untersuchung — research; investigation
• German: Erforschung — research; investigation
• German: Erkundung — research; investigation
• German: Nachforschung — research; investigation
• German: Recherche — research; investigation
• Hindi: जाँच (jā̃c) — research; investigation
• Hindi: शोध (śodh) — research; investigation
• Hungarian: vizsgálat — research; investigation
• Hungarian: kivizsgálás — research; investigation
• Hungarian: nyomozás — research; investigation
• Indonesian: inkuiri — research; investigation
• Malayalam: അന്വേഷണം (anvēṣaṇaṁ) — research; investigation
• Swedish: undersökning — research; investigation
• Ottoman Turkish: كشف (keşf, keşif) — research; investigation
• Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs, bahis) — research; investigation