noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɪn.tə.vjuːˈiː/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/
rhymes with -iː
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T ER0 V Y UW0 IY1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a person who is interviewed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: respondent, responder, answerer
Narrower terms: don't-know
History
Etymology
From interview + -ee.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
geïnterviewde
— Someone being interviewed
Finnish:
haastateltava
— Someone being interviewed
Finnish:
haastateltu
— Someone being interviewed
Greek:
συνεντευξιαζόμενος
(synentefxiazómenos)
— Someone being interviewed
Greek:
συνεντευξιαζόμενη
(synentefxiazómeni)
— Someone being interviewed
Greek:
συνεντευξιαζόμενο
(synentefxiazómeno)
— Someone being interviewed
Hungarian:
interjúalany
— Someone being interviewed
Hungarian:
meginterjúvolt személy
— Someone being interviewed
Icelandic:
viðmælandi
— Someone being interviewed
Ido:
interviuvato
— Someone being interviewed
Indonesian:
responden
— Someone being interviewed
Indonesian:
terwawancara
— Someone being interviewed
Italian:
intervistato
— Someone being interviewed
Italian:
intervistata
— Someone being interviewed
Macedonian:
испи́таник
(ispítanik)
— Someone being interviewed
Macedonian:
испита́ничка
(ispitánička)
— Someone being interviewed
Macedonian:
сого́ворник
(sogóvornik)
— Someone being interviewed
Macedonian:
согово́рничка
(sogovórnička)
— Someone being interviewed
Manx:
co-akinagh
— Someone being interviewed
Norwegian:
intervjuobjekt
— Someone being interviewed
Polish:
ankietowany
— Someone being interviewed
Polish:
ankietowana
— Someone being interviewed
Polish:
respondent
— Someone being interviewed
Polish:
respondentka
— Someone being interviewed
Portuguese:
entrevistado
— Someone being interviewed
Portuguese:
entrevistada
— Someone being interviewed
Russian:
интервьюи́руемый
(intervʹjuírujemyj)
— Someone being interviewed
Russian:
опра́шиваемый
(oprášivajemyj)
— Someone being interviewed
Spanish:
entrevistado
— Someone being interviewed
Spanish:
entrevistada
— Someone being interviewed
Swedish:
intervjuobjekt
— Someone being interviewed
Ukrainian:
інтерв'юво́ваний
(intervʺjuvóvanyj)
— Someone being interviewed
Ukrainian:
інтерв'юво́вана
(intervʺjuvóvana)
— Someone being interviewed
