noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A question put; an inquiry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A question mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an instance of questioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
there was a question about my training
we made inquiries of all those who were present
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: question, inquiry, enquiry, query
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: questioning, inquiring
5
noun
Meaning 5
formal systematic questioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: examination, interrogatory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: questioning, inquiring
Narrower terms: catechism, deposition, inquisition, third degree, cross-examination, direct examination, redirect examination, reexamination, interview, debriefing
Narrower terms: cross-question, leading question, yes-no question
7
noun
Meaning 7
a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transmission
History
Etymology
From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَحْقِيق مَعَ
(taḥqīq maʕa)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Arabic:
اِسْتِجْوَاب
(istijwāb)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Arabic:
اِسْتِنْطَاق
(istinṭāq)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Armenian:
հարցաքննություն
(harcʻakʻnnutʻyun)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Azerbaijani:
dindirmə
— act of interrogating or questioning
Azerbaijani:
sorğu-sual
— act of interrogating or questioning
Belarusian:
апыта́нне
(apytánnje)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Belarusian:
до́пыт
(dópyt)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Bulgarian:
ра́зпит
(rázpit)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Catalan:
interrogatori
— act of interrogating or questioning
Chinese Mandarin:
疑問 /疑问
(yíwèn)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Czech:
výslech
— act of interrogating or questioning
Danish:
afhøre
— act of interrogating or questioning
Danish:
udspørge
— act of interrogating or questioning
Danish:
forhøre
— act of interrogating or questioning
Dutch:
verhoor
— act of interrogating or questioning
Dutch:
ondervraging
— act of interrogating or questioning
Esperanto:
priaŭskulto
— act of interrogating or questioning
Estonian:
ülekuulamine
— act of interrogating or questioning
Finnish:
kuulustelu
— act of interrogating or questioning
Georgian:
დაკითხვა
(daḳitxva)
— act of interrogating or questioning
German:
Befragung
— act of interrogating or questioning
German:
Vernehmung
— act of interrogating or questioning
German:
Verhör
— act of interrogating or questioning
Hebrew:
חֲקִירָה
(khakirá)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Hindi:
पूछताछ
(pūchtāch)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Hungarian:
kihallgatás
— act of interrogating or questioning
Hungarian:
vallatás
— act of interrogating or questioning
Indonesian:
interogasi
— act of interrogating or questioning
Indonesian:
sudi siasat
— act of interrogating or questioning
Indonesian:
kompes
— act of interrogating or questioning
Irish:
ceistiú
— act of interrogating or questioning
Irish:
ceistiúchán
— act of interrogating or questioning
Italian:
interrogazione
— act of interrogating or questioning
Japanese:
尋問
(jinmon)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Japanese:
聴取
(chōshu)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Japanese:
取り調べ
(torishirabe)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Kazakh:
жауап алу
(jauap alu)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Khmer:
ការសួរចំឡើយ
(kaa suǝ cɑmlaəy)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Korean:
심문
(simmun)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Korean:
개물음
(gaemureum)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Kyrgyz:
допрос
(dopros)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Kyrgyz:
сурак
(surak)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Latvian:
nopratināšana
— act of interrogating or questioning
Lithuanian:
apklausa
— act of interrogating or questioning
Macedonian:
сослушување
(soslušuvanje)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Macedonian:
испитување
(ispituvanje)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Malay:
soal siasat
— act of interrogating or questioning
Mongolian:
байцаалт
(bajcaalt)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Norwegian Bokmål:
forhør
— act of interrogating or questioning
Norwegian Bokmål:
avhør
— act of interrogating or questioning
Persian:
بازجویی
(bâzjuyi)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Persian:
استنطاق
(estentâq)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Persian:
بازپرسی
(bâzporsi)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Polish:
przesłuchanie
— act of interrogating or questioning
Polish:
interrogacja
— act of interrogating or questioning
Portuguese:
interrogatório
— act of interrogating or questioning
Romanian:
interogare
— act of interrogating or questioning
Russian:
опро́с
(oprós)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Russian:
допро́с
(doprós)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Serbo-Croatian:
испити́ва̄ње
— act of interrogating or questioning
Serbo-Croatian:
ispitívānje
— act of interrogating or questioning
Slovak:
výsluch
— act of interrogating or questioning
Slovak:
vypočúvanie
— act of interrogating or questioning
Slovene:
zaslišanje
— act of interrogating or questioning
Slovene:
izpraševanje
— act of interrogating or questioning
Spanish:
interrogatorio
— act of interrogating or questioning
Swedish:
förhör
— act of interrogating or questioning
Tajik:
тергав
(tergav)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Tajik:
истинток
(istintok)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Tajik:
пурсиш
(pursiš)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Tajik:
бозпурсӣ
(bozpursi)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Turkish:
sorgu
— act of interrogating or questioning
Turkmen:
sorag
— act of interrogating or questioning
Ukrainian:
до́пит
(dópyt)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Ukrainian:
о́пит
(ópyt)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Uyghur:
سوراق قىلىش
(soraq qilish)
— act of interrogating or questioning
Uzbek:
soʻroq
— act of interrogating or questioning
Uzbek:
soʻroq qilish
— act of interrogating or questioning
Vietnamese:
thẩm vấn
— act of interrogating or questioning
Bulgarian:
запи́тване
(zapítvane)
— question put; an inquiry
Danish:
afhøring
— question put; an inquiry
Danish:
udspørgning
— question put; an inquiry
Danish:
forhør
— question put; an inquiry
Hungarian:
kikérdezés
— question put; an inquiry
Hungarian:
tudakozódás
— question put; an inquiry
Indonesian:
penanyaan
— question put; an inquiry
Italian:
interrogazione
— question put; an inquiry
Polish:
zapytanie
— question put; an inquiry
Polish:
badanie
— question put; an inquiry
Polish:
interrogacja
— question put; an inquiry
Portuguese:
interrogação
— question put; an inquiry
Spanish:
interrogación
— question put; an inquiry
Swedish:
utfrågning
— question put; an inquiry
Bulgarian:
въпроси́телна
(vǎprosítelna)
— point, mark, or sign
Danish:
spørgsmålstegn
— point, mark, or sign
German:
Fragezeichen
— point, mark, or sign
Polish:
znak zapytania
— point, mark, or sign
Polish:
pytajnik
— point, mark, or sign
Portuguese:
interrogação
— point, mark, or sign
Spanish:
signo de interrogación
— point, mark, or sign