query

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
2. A question mark.
3. A set of instructions passed to a database.
4. Short for query letter.

Verb

1. To ask a question.
2. To ask, inquire.
3. To question or call into doubt.
4. To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
5. To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
6. To send out a query letter.

Conceptos

pregunta

❓

consulta

preguntar

cuestión

interrogar

consultar

interrogación

averiguación

presagiar

solicitud

functor

acertar

interrogante

adivinar

cuestionar

❓

demanda

predecir

pronosticar

augurar

Synonyms

question

❓

inquiry

ask

interrogate

enquiry

inquire

interrogation

quiz

request

problem

doubt

investigate

question mark

search

examine

inquiring

puzzle

enquire

quest

issue

investigation

look for

matter

point

poll

polling

predict

prophesy

pry

quandary

questioning

questionings

reference

retrieval

riddle

seek

🔍

solicit

subject

survey

suspect

test

think about

wonder

ask a question

beg for

inquire about

Q

Q

query mark

question marker

point in dispute

poverty

ask for

beg

bewilderment

call for

call into question

charge

consider

consult

demand

destitution

do

find

🔍

functor

go over

guess

information retrieval

interrogation mark

interrogatory

interviewing

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/

Etimología (English)

Cognate with francés: quérir

Cognate with italiano: chiedere

Cognate with portugués: querer

Cognate with rumano: cere

Cognate with español: querer

In summary

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.