question

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
2. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
3. A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
4. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
5. (archaic, historical, with-definite-article) Interrogation by torture.
6. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.

Verb

1. (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
2. (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
3. (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

Concepts

question

❓

interroger

❓

demander

questionner

❓

doute

douter

interrogation

remettre en question

❓

demande

requête

contester

examiner

problème

chose

réclamer

disputer

mettre en doute

❓

consulter

interpeller

point

soupçon

thème

consultation

interrogatoire

mettre en question

❓

motion

mouvement

pétition

avoir

point d’interrogation

prière

entretenir

proposition

enquêter

certain

rechercher

🔍

cause

casse-tête

résolution

scepticisme

se demander

se renseigner

sollicitation

sonder

uncertitude

sûr

suspicion

tête

faire subir un interrogatoire à

accuser de

Synonymes

ask

interrogate

inquire

query

inquiry

problem

doubt

interrogation

enquire

issue

matter

investigate

enquiry

examine

quiz

interrogative

request

dispute

interview

subject

contest

interrogatory

suspicion

demand

puzzle

distrust

interrogative sentence

wonder

riddle

grill

call into question

topic

point

motion

ask a question

trouble

challenge

uncertainty

inquiring

case

suspect

scepticism

scrutinize

study

protest

petition

ask for

consult

ask about

appeal

Traductions

Frage

❓

pregunta

❓

domanda

❓

vraag

❓

pergunta

❓

interrogare

interrogar

questão

❓

befragen

❓

cuestión

Anfrage

interrogar

pregunta

❓

ερώτηση

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: question

Appartenant à Middle Low German: quēstie

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: questje

Hérité de moyen anglais: questionen

In summary

From Middle English questioun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).
Partially displaced native Old English āscung. Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”).
Cognates include English quest.

Phrases

The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to her question .

Le garçon marmonna une réponse qui lui a permis d'éviter de répondre à sa question.