query

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

question

interroger

requête

demander

consultation

questionner

interrogation

foncteur

mettre en question

requete

requette

demande de renseignements

problème

enquêter

consulter

questioner

réclamer

investigateur

demande

questionnez

questionnons

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.