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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑɹk/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɛʃ-/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pikëpyetje — punctuation mark
• Southern Altai: суракту темдек (suraktu temdek) — punctuation mark
• Southern Altai: суру билди (suru bildi) — punctuation mark
• Southern Altai: сурак билди (surak bildi) — punctuation mark
• Arabic: عَلَامَة اِسْتِفْهَام (ʕalāmat istifhām) — punctuation mark
• Arabic: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (šuwdāʿā d-šuʾālā) — punctuation mark
• Armenian: ՞ — punctuation mark
• Armenian: հարցական նշան (harcʻakan nšan) — punctuation mark
• Azerbaijani: sual işarəsi — punctuation mark
• Bashkir: һорау билдәһе (horaw bildəhe) — punctuation mark
• Belarusian: пыта́льнік (pytálʹnik) — punctuation mark
• Belarusian: пыта́льны знак (pytálʹny znak) — punctuation mark
• Bengali: জিজ্ঞাসাচিহ্ন (jijnaśacihno) — punctuation mark
• Breton: pik-goulennata — punctuation mark
• Bulgarian: въпроси́телен знак (vǎprosítelen znak) — punctuation mark
• Bulgarian: въпроси́телна (vǎprosítelna) — punctuation mark
• Burmese: း။ — punctuation mark
• Burmese: မေးခွန်းအမှတ်အသား (me:hkwan:a.hmat-a.sa:) — punctuation mark
• Carpathian Rusyn: звідалник (zvidalnyk) — punctuation mark
• Carpathian Rusyn: вопросник (voprosnyk) — punctuation mark
• Catalan: interrogant — punctuation mark
• Catalan: signe d'interrogació — punctuation mark
• Chinese Cantonese: 問號 /问号 — punctuation mark
• Chinese Cantonese: ? — punctuation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 問號 /问号 (wènhào) — punctuation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: ? — punctuation mark
• Cornish: nos kwestyon — punctuation mark
• Crimean Tatar: sual işareti — punctuation mark
• Czech: otazník — punctuation mark
• Danish: spørgsmålstegn — punctuation mark
• Dutch: vraagteken — punctuation mark
• Esperanto: demandosigno — punctuation mark
• Faroese: spurnartekn — punctuation mark
• Finnish: kysymysmerkki — punctuation mark
• French: point d'interrogation — punctuation mark
• Georgian: კითხვის ნიშანი (ḳitxvis nišani) — punctuation mark
• German: Fragezeichen — punctuation mark
• Greek: ερωτηματικό (erotimatikó) — punctuation mark
• Hebrew: סִימַן שְׁאֵלָה (sìmán she'éla) — punctuation mark
• Hindi: प्रश्नचिह्न (praśnacihna) — punctuation mark
• Hungarian: kérdőjel — punctuation mark
• Icelandic: spurningarmerki — punctuation mark
• Ido: questionopunto — punctuation mark
• Indonesian: tanda tanya — punctuation mark
• Irish: comhartha ceiste — punctuation mark
• Italian: punto interrogativo — punctuation mark
• Italian: punto di domanda — punctuation mark
• Japanese: 疑問符 (gimonfu) — punctuation mark
• Japanese: ? — punctuation mark
• Kalmyk: сургч темдг (surgç temdg) — punctuation mark
• Kankanaey: markan di saludsod — punctuation mark
• Kazakh: сұрау белгісі (sūrau belgısı) — punctuation mark
• Kazakh: сұрақ белгісі (sūraq belgısı) — punctuation mark
• Khakas: сурығ танығы (surığ tanığı) — punctuation mark
• Khmer: ល្បះសំនួរ (lbah sɑmnuə) — punctuation mark
• Korean: 물음표 (mureumpyo) — punctuation mark
• Korean: 의문부 (uimunbu) — punctuation mark
• Kyrgyz: суроо белгиси (suroo belgisi) — punctuation mark
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍຖາມ (khư̄ang māi thām) — punctuation mark
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍຄໍາຖາມ (khư̄ang māi kham thām) — punctuation mark
• Latvian: jautājuma zīme — punctuation mark
• Lithuanian: klaustukas — punctuation mark
• Lü: ᦺᦙᧉᦏᦱᧄ (may2ṫhaam) — punctuation mark
• Luxembourgish: Froenzeechen — punctuation mark
• Macedonian: пра́шалник (prášalnik) — punctuation mark
• Malay: tanda soal — punctuation mark
• Malayalam: ചോദ്യചിഹ്നം (cōdyacihnaṁ) — punctuation mark
• Maltese: marka tal-mistoqsija — punctuation mark
• Māori: tohu pātai — punctuation mark
• Marathi: प्रश्नचिन्ह (praśnacinha) — punctuation mark
• Mongolian: асуултын тэмдэг (asuultyn temdeg) — punctuation mark
• Norman: point d'tchestchionn'nie — punctuation mark
• Norman: mèrque dé tchestchion — punctuation mark
• Norwegian Bokmål: spørsmålstegn — punctuation mark
• Pashto: د پوښتنې نښه (dë poẋtanë nix̌a) — punctuation mark
• Pashto: پوښتنې نښه (poẋtanë nix̌a) — punctuation mark
• Pashto: سوالیه نښه (swāliya nix̌a) — punctuation mark
• Pashto: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Iranian Persian: عَلامَتِ سُؤال (alâmat-e so'âl) — punctuation mark
• Iranian Persian: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Polish: pytajnik — punctuation mark
• Polish: znak zapytania — punctuation mark
• Portuguese: ponto de interrogação — punctuation mark
• Romanian: semn de întrebare — punctuation mark
• Russian: вопроси́тельный знак (voprosítelʹnyj znak) — punctuation mark
• Russian: знак вопро́са (znak voprósa) — punctuation mark
• Scottish Gaelic: comharradh-ceiste — punctuation mark
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀питнӣк — punctuation mark
• Serbo-Croatian: ùpitnīk — punctuation mark
• Slovak: otáznik — punctuation mark
• Slovene: vprašaj — punctuation mark
• Spanish: signo de interrogación — punctuation mark
• Spanish: signo interrogante — punctuation mark
• Spanish: signo interrogativo — punctuation mark
• Spanish: interrogante — punctuation mark
• Swahili: alama ya swali — punctuation mark
• Swedish: frågetecken — punctuation mark
• Tagalog: tandang pananong — punctuation mark
• Tajik: аломати савол (alomat-i savol) — punctuation mark
• Tamil: கேள்விக்குறி (kēḷvikkuṟi) — punctuation mark
• Tamil: வினாக்குறி (viṉākkuṟi) — punctuation mark
• Tatar: сорау билгесе (soraw bilgese) — punctuation mark
• Thai: ปรัศนี (bpràt-sà-nii) — punctuation mark
• Thai: เครื่องหมายคําถาม (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-kam-tǎam) — punctuation mark
• Thai: เครื่องหมายสงสัย (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-sǒng-sǎi) — punctuation mark
• Turkish: soru işareti — punctuation mark
• Turkmen: sorag belgisi — punctuation mark
• Udmurt: юан пус (juan pus) — punctuation mark
• Ukrainian: знак пита́ння (znak pytánnja) — punctuation mark
• Ukrainian: пита́льний знак (pytálʹnyj znak) — punctuation mark
• Urdu: سَوالِیَہ نِشان (savāliya niśān) — punctuation mark
• Urdu: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Uyghur: سوئال بەلگىسى (so'al belgisi) — punctuation mark
• Uyghur: ؟ — punctuation mark
• Uzbek: soʻroq belgisi — punctuation mark
• Vietnamese: dấu hỏi — punctuation mark
• Vietnamese: dấu chấm hỏi — punctuation mark
• Volapük: säkamalül — punctuation mark
• Welsh: gofynnod — punctuation mark
• Welsh: holnod — punctuation mark
• Welsh: marc cwestiwn — punctuation mark
• Yakut: ыйытыы бэлиэтэ (ïyïtïï beliete) — punctuation mark
• Yiddish: פֿרעגצייכן (fregtseykhn) — punctuation mark
• Bulgarian: въпроси́телна (vǎprosítelna) — state of doubt or uncertainty
• Finnish: arvoitus — state of doubt or uncertainty
• Tamil: கேள்விக்குறி (kēḷvikkuṟi) — state of doubt or uncertainty
• Finnish: mysteeri — enigmatic, inscrutable, or mysterious person or thing
• Finnish: kysymysmerkki — enigmatic, inscrutable, or mysterious person or thing
• Finnish: perhonen — Polygonia interrogationis
• French: polygone à queue violacée — Polygonia interrogationis
• Japanese: ギモンフタテハ — Polygonia interrogationis
• Tamil: கேள்விக் குறியன் (kēḷvik kuṟiyaṉ) — Polygonia interrogationis