inquisition

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
2. (countable, sometimes, uncountable) An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
3. (countable, uncountable) An inquest.
4. (countable, uncountable) A questioning.
5. (countable, uncountable) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

Verb

To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

Conceitos

inquisição

interrogatório

Sinônimos

investigation

inquest

inquiry

examination

exam

mark

penitentiary

question

❓

quiz

survey

test

trial

Inquisition

oyer

observation

research

cross examination

official inquiry

hearing

interrogative

interrogatory

interview

Traduções

inquisition

inquisizione

inquisición

ανάκριση

Inquisition

inquisició

εξέταση

investigación

inquisitie

Untersuchung

investigation

محاكم التفتيش

recherche

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name.