interrogation
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- ("between; among") + rogō ("ask; request").
Pronunciation- IPA: /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
interrogation
- The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
- 1936 April, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Unfinished Poems.] Coriolan. I. Triumphal March.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC ↗, page 136 ↗:
- There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.
- A question put; an inquiry.
- (dated) A question mark.
- German: Befragung, (law) Vernehmung, (police) Verhör
- Italian: interrogazione
- Portuguese: interrogatório
- Russian: опро́с
- Spanish: interrogatorio
- Italian: interrogazione
- Portuguese: interrogação
- Spanish: interrogación
- German: Fragezeichen
- Portuguese: interrogação
- Spanish: signo de interrogación
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