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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪː.ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɪɹ.i/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɛɹ.i/
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• Canada: /ˈkwɪɹ.i/
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• Australian: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkwiə.ɹi/
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• Scotland: /ˈkwi.ɹɪ/
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• Scotland: /ˈkwi.ɹe/
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• /ˈkwɛː.ɹi/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• South-Asia: /ˈkʋɛ.ri/
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• rhymes with -ɪəɹi
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• rhymes with -ɛɹi
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• homophone: quaere (some pronunciations)
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• CMU ARPABET: K W IY1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: въпро́с (vǎprós) — question or inquiry
• Chinese Mandarin: 問題 /问题 (wèntí) — question or inquiry
• Chinese Mandarin: 質問 /质问 (zhìwèn) — question or inquiry
• Czech: dotaz — question or inquiry
• Danish: spørgsmål — question or inquiry
• Danish: forespørgsel — question or inquiry
• Dutch: vraag — question or inquiry
• Dutch: verzoek — question or inquiry
• Esperanto: pridemando — question or inquiry
• Estonian: päring — question or inquiry
• Finnish: kysymys — question or inquiry
• Finnish: kysely — question or inquiry
• Finnish: tiedustelu — question or inquiry
• French: question — question or inquiry
• Georgian: კითხვა (ḳitxva) — question or inquiry
• Georgian: შეკითხვა (šeḳitxva) — question or inquiry
• German: Frage — question or inquiry
• Ancient Greek: ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma) — question or inquiry
• Hungarian: kérdés — question or inquiry
• Interlingua: inquisition — question or inquiry
• Italian: interrogativo — question or inquiry
• Italian: domanda — question or inquiry
• Italian: quesito — question or inquiry
• Italian: richiesta — question or inquiry
• Japanese: 質問 (shitsumon) — question or inquiry
• Korean: 질문 (jilmun) — question or inquiry
• Norwegian Bokmål: spørsmål — question or inquiry
• Norwegian Bokmål: forespørsel — question or inquiry
• Polish: pytanie — question or inquiry
• Portuguese: pergunta — question or inquiry
• Russian: запро́с (zaprós) — question or inquiry
• Russian: вопро́с (voprós) — question or inquiry
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀пит — question or inquiry
• Serbo-Croatian: ùpit — question or inquiry
• Spanish: consulta — question or inquiry
• Spanish: pregunta — question or inquiry
• Spanish: interrogante — question or inquiry
• Swedish: fråga — question or inquiry
• Turkish: sorgulama — question or inquiry
• Ukrainian: запита́ння (zapytánnja) — question or inquiry
• Arabic: اِسْتِعْلام (istiʕlām) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Azerbaijani: sorğu — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Belarusian: за́пыт (zápyt) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Chinese Mandarin: 查詢 /查询 (cháxún) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Czech: dotaz — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Dutch: verzoek — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Esperanto: informpeto — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Estonian: päring — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Finnish: kysely — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• French: requête — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• German: Abfrage — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Hungarian: lekérdezés — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Indonesian: kueri — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Indonesian: permintaan — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Italian: query — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Japanese: クエリ (kueri) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Japanese: 問い合わせ (toiawase) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Korean: 쿼리 (kwori) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Norwegian Bokmål: spørring — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Polish: zapytanie — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Polish: kwerenda — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Portuguese: consulta — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Portuguese: query — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Russian: запро́с (zaprós) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Serbo-Croatian: upit — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Spanish: consulta — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Thai: สอบถาม (sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Turkish: sorgu — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Ukrainian: за́пит (zápyt) — computing: set of instructions passed to a database
• Bulgarian: питам (pitam) — inquire
• Chinese Mandarin: 詢問 /询问 (xúnwèn) — inquire
• Dutch: vragen — inquire
• Dutch: bevragen — inquire
• Esperanto: pridemandi — inquire
• Finnish: kysyä — inquire
• Finnish: tiedustella — inquire
• Finnish: kysellä — inquire
• Italian: chiedere — inquire
• Kazakh: сұрау (sūrau) — inquire
• Portuguese: perguntar — inquire
• Russian: спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) — inquire
• Russian: справля́ться (spravljátʹsja) — inquire
• Russian: осведомля́ться (osvedomljátʹsja) — inquire
• Tocharian B: pärk- — inquire
• Turkish: sorgulamak — inquire
• Ottoman Turkish: صورمق (sormak) — inquire
• Ukrainian: запи́тувати (zapýtuvaty) — inquire
• Ukrainian: запита́ти (zapytáty) — inquire
• Bulgarian: питам (pitam) — ask a question
• Dutch: (zich) informeren — ask a question
• Finnish: kysyä — ask a question
• Italian: domandare — ask a question
• Polish: pytać — ask a question
• Portuguese: perguntar — ask a question
• Russian: спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) — ask a question
• Spanish: preguntar — ask a question
• Tocharian B: pärk- — ask a question
• Ottoman Turkish: صورمق (sormak) — ask a question
• Ukrainian: запи́тувати (zapýtuvaty) — ask a question
• Ukrainian: запита́ти (zapytáty) — ask a question
• Ukrainian: поста́вити (postávyty) — ask a question
• Bulgarian: съмня́вам се (sǎmnjávam se) — question
• Dutch: betwijfelen — question
• Dutch: in vraag stellen — question
• Esperanto: pridemandi — question
• Finnish: kyseenalaistaa — question
• German: in Frage stellen — question
• Italian: interrogarsi — question
• Polish: kwestionować — question
• Portuguese: questionar — question
• Russian: подверга́ть сомне́нию (podvergátʹ somnéniju) — question
• Swedish: betvivla — question
• Swedish: ifrågasätta — question
• Turkish: sorgulamak — question
• Chinese Mandarin: 查詢 /查询 (cháxún) — computing: search database
• Dutch: bevragen — computing: search database
• Dutch: queryen — computing: search database
• Esperanto: informpeti — computing: search database
• Finnish: suorittaa kysely — computing: search database
• German: abfragen — computing: search database
• Italian: ricercare — computing: search database
• Polish: wysyłać zapytanie — computing: search database
• Polish: wysłać zapytanie — computing: search database
• Polish: kwerendować — computing: search database
• Portuguese: consultar — computing: search database
• Russian: запрашивать (zaprašivatʹ) — computing: search database
• Russian: писать запрос (pisatʹ zapros) — computing: search database
• Turkish: sorgulamak — computing: search database