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questionnaire

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌk(w)ɛstjəˈnɛə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/
  • North Carolina Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K W EH2 S CH AH0 N EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • carry out a questionnaire
  • fill out a questionnaire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To survey using questionnaires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form

Narrower terms: personality inventory, personality assessment

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin quaerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin quaestiōder. Latin quaestiōnō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin quaestiōnāriusbor. French questionnairebor. English questionnaire Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“to question”) (English query).

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: anketë — form containing a list of questions
  • Albanian: pyetësor — form containing a list of questions
  • Arabic: اِسْتِبَانَة (istibāna) — form containing a list of questions
  • Aragonese: cuestionario — form containing a list of questions
  • Asturian: cuestionariu — form containing a list of questions
  • Asturian: encuesta — form containing a list of questions
  • Belarusian: анке́та (ankjéta) — form containing a list of questions
  • Belarusian: апыта́льнік (apytálʹnik) — form containing a list of questions
  • Breton: roll-goulenn — form containing a list of questions
  • Bulgarian: въпро́сник (vǎprósnik) — form containing a list of questions
  • Catalan: qüestionari — form containing a list of questions
  • Cherokee: ᏗᏛᏛᎮᎸᎠᏍᎩ (didvdvhelvasgi) — form containing a list of questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 問卷 /问卷 (wènjuàn) — form containing a list of questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調查表 /调查表 (diàochábiǎo) — form containing a list of questions
  • Cornish: govynnek — form containing a list of questions
  • Corsican: quistionariu — form containing a list of questions
  • Czech: dotazník — form containing a list of questions
  • Danish: spørgeskema — form containing a list of questions
  • Dutch: questionnaire — form containing a list of questions
  • Dutch: vragenlijst — form containing a list of questions
  • Esperanto: demandaro — form containing a list of questions
  • Estonian: küsimusieht — form containing a list of questions
  • Estonian: ankeet — form containing a list of questions
  • Finnish: kyselylomake — form containing a list of questions
  • Finnish: kyselykaavake — form containing a list of questions
  • Finnish: kysely — form containing a list of questions
  • French: questionnaire — form containing a list of questions
  • French: enquête — form containing a list of questions
  • Friulian: cuistionari — form containing a list of questions
  • Georgian: კითხვარი (ḳitxvari) — form containing a list of questions
  • Georgian: ანკეტა (anḳeṭa) — form containing a list of questions
  • German: Fragebogen — form containing a list of questions
  • Greek: ερωτηματολόγιο (erotimatológio) — form containing a list of questions
  • Hindi: प्रश्नावली (praśnāvlī) — form containing a list of questions
  • Hungarian: kérdőív — form containing a list of questions
  • Ido: questionaro — form containing a list of questions
  • Indonesian: angket — form containing a list of questions
  • Indonesian: kuesioner — form containing a list of questions
  • Irish: ceistiúchán — form containing a list of questions
  • Italian: questionario — form containing a list of questions
  • Japanese: アンケート (ankēto) — form containing a list of questions
  • Kazakh: анкета (anketa) — form containing a list of questions
  • Kazakh: сауалнама (saualnama) — form containing a list of questions
  • Khmer: បញ្ជីសំនួរ (bɑɑñciisɑmnuə) — form containing a list of questions
  • Korean: 설문지 (seolmunji) — form containing a list of questions
  • Korean: 앙케트 (angketeu) — form containing a list of questions
  • Lao: ແບບສອບຖາມ (bǣp sǭp thām) — form containing a list of questions
  • Latvian: anketa — form containing a list of questions
  • Latvian: aptauja — form containing a list of questions
  • Ligurian: questionâio — form containing a list of questions
  • Lithuanian: anketa — form containing a list of questions
  • Lombard: questionà — form containing a list of questions
  • Luxembourgish: Froebou — form containing a list of questions
  • Luxembourgish: Questionnaire — form containing a list of questions
  • Macedonian: анкета (anketa) — form containing a list of questions
  • Macedonian: прашалник (prašalnik) — form containing a list of questions
  • Malay: daftar pertanyaan — form containing a list of questions
  • Malay: soal selidik — form containing a list of questions
  • Māori: rārangi uiui — form containing a list of questions
  • Māori: rārangi pātai — form containing a list of questions
  • Norman: tchestionnaithe — form containing a list of questions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spørreskjema — form containing a list of questions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spørjeskjema — form containing a list of questions
  • Occitan: questionari — form containing a list of questions
  • Pannonian Rusyn: питальнїк (pitalʹnjik) — form containing a list of questions
  • Persian: پرسشنامه (porseš-nâme) — form containing a list of questions
  • Polish: ankieta — form containing a list of questions
  • Polish: kwestionariusz — form containing a list of questions
  • Portuguese: questionário — form containing a list of questions
  • Russian: анке́та (ankéta) — form containing a list of questions
  • Russian: опро́сник (oprósnik) — form containing a list of questions
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceisteachan — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: анкета — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: анкетни листић — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: упитник — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: anketa — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: anketni listić — form containing a list of questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: upitnik — form containing a list of questions
  • Slovak: dotazník — form containing a list of questions
  • Slovene: vprašalnik — form containing a list of questions
  • Spanish: cuestionario — form containing a list of questions
  • Spanish: encuesta — form containing a list of questions
  • Swahili: dodoso — form containing a list of questions
  • Swahili: orodha ya maswali ya uchunguzi — form containing a list of questions
  • Swedish: enkät — form containing a list of questions
  • Tagalog: talatanungan — form containing a list of questions
  • Tajik: пурсишнома (pursišnoma) — form containing a list of questions
  • Thai: แบบสอบถาม (bɛ̀ɛp-sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam) — form containing a list of questions
  • Turkish: anket formu — form containing a list of questions
  • Ukrainian: анке́та (ankéta) — form containing a list of questions
  • Ukrainian: запита́льник (zapytálʹnyk) — form containing a list of questions
  • Vietnamese: bản câu hỏi — form containing a list of questions
  • Vietnamese: bảng câu hỏi — form containing a list of questions
  • Volapük: säkablog — form containing a list of questions
  • Welsh: holiadur — form containing a list of questions
  • Yiddish: אַנקעטע (ankete) — form containing a list of questions