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tag question

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a "tag" word or expression to a statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 附加問句 /附加问句 (fùjiā wènjù) — question inviting agreement
  • Danish: påhængsspørgsmål — question inviting agreement
  • Dutch: aangeplakte vraag — question inviting agreement
  • Dutch: staartvraag — question inviting agreement
  • Dutch: aanhangselvraag — question inviting agreement
  • Finnish: liitekysymys — question inviting agreement
  • French: question-tag — question inviting agreement
  • French: question tag — question inviting agreement
  • German: Refrainfrage — question inviting agreement
  • German: Nachziehfrage — question inviting agreement
  • Hungarian: utókérdés — question inviting agreement
  • Hungarian: simuló kérdés — question inviting agreement
  • Hungarian: „ugye?” kérdés — question inviting agreement
  • Italian: question tag — question inviting agreement
  • Italian: tag question — question inviting agreement
  • Japanese: 付加疑問文 (fuka gimonbun) — question inviting agreement
  • Korean: 부가의문문 (bugauimunmun) — question inviting agreement
  • Russian: раздели́тельный вопро́с (razdelítelʹnyj voprós) — question inviting agreement
  • Spanish: pregunta coletilla — question inviting agreement
  • Spanish: coletilla interrogativa — question inviting agreement
  • Swedish: påhängsfråga — question inviting agreement
  • Turkish: eklenti soru — question inviting agreement