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English
Etymology
From Middle English interrogacion , from Old French interrogacion , from Latin interrogātiō , from interrogō , from inter- ( “ between; among ” ) + rogō ( “ ask; request ” ) . Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion .
Pronunciation
Noun
interrogation (countable and uncountable , plural interrogations )
The act of interrogating or questioning ; examination by questions ; inquiry .
1936 April, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot , “ 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 .
Usage notes
Generally used with the preposition under : "He is under interrogation about last night's events."
Derived terms
Translations
act of interrogating or questioning
Arabic: تَحْقِيق مَعَ m ( taḥqīq maʕa ) , اِسْتِجْوَاب (ar) m ( istijwāb ) , اِسْتِنْطَاق m ( istinṭāq )
Armenian: հարցաքննություն (hy) ( harcʻakʻnnutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: dindirmə (az) , sorğu-sual
Belarusian: апыта́нне n ( apytánnje ) , до́пыт m ( dópyt )
Bulgarian: ра́зпит (bg) m ( rázpit )
Catalan: interrogatori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疑問 / 疑问 (zh) ( yíwèn )
Czech: výslech (cs) m
Danish: afhøre (da) c , udspørge (da) c , forhøre (da) c
Dutch: verhoor (nl) n , ondervraging (nl) f
Esperanto: priaŭskulto
Estonian: ülekuulamine
Finnish: kuulustelu (fi)
Georgian: დაკითხვა ( daḳitxva )
German: Befragung (de) f , ( law ) Vernehmung (de) f , ( police ) Verhör (de) n
Hebrew: חֲקִירָה f ( khakirá )
Hindi: पूछताछ (hi) f ( pūchtāch )
Hungarian: kihallgatás (hu) , vallatás (hu)
Indonesian: interogasi (id) , sudi siasat (id) , kompes (id)
Irish: ceistiú m , ceistiúchán m
Italian: interrogazione (it) f
Japanese: 尋問 (ja) ( じんもん, jinmon ) , 聴取 (ja) ( ちょうしゅ, chōshu ) , 取り調べ (ja) ( とりしらべ, torishirabe )
Kazakh: жауап алу ( jauap alu )
Khmer: ការសួរចំឡើយ ( kaa suǝ cɑmlaəy )
Korean: 심문(審問) (ko) ( simmun ) , 개물음 ( gaemureum )
Kyrgyz: допрос ( dopros ) , сурак (ky) ( surak )
Latvian: nopratināšana f
Lithuanian: apklausa f
Macedonian: сослушување n ( soslušuvanje ) , испитување n ( ispituvanje )
Malay: soal siasat
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: байцаалт (mn) ( bajcaalt )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forhør n , avhør n
Persian: بازجویی (fa) ( bâzjuyi ) , استنطاق (fa) ( estentâq ) , بازپرسی (fa) ( bâzporsi )
Polish: przesłuchanie (pl) n , interrogacja (pl) f
Portuguese: interrogatório (pt) m
Romanian: interogare (ro) f
Russian: опро́с (ru) m ( oprós ) , допро́с (ru) m ( doprós ) ( police )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: испити́ва̄ње n
Roman: ispitívānje (sh) n
Slovak: výsluch m , vypočúvanie n
Slovene: zaslišanje n , izpraševanje n
Spanish: interrogatorio (es) m
Swedish: förhör (sv) n
Tajik: тергав ( tergav ) , истинток ( istintok ) , пурсиш ( pursiš ) , бозпурсӣ ( bozpursi )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sorgu (tr)
Turkmen: sorag
Ukrainian: до́пит m ( dópyt ) , о́пит (uk) m ( ópyt )
Uyghur: سوراق قىلىش ( soraq qilish )
Uzbek: soʻroq (uz) , soʻroq qilish
Vietnamese: thẩm vấn (vi)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interrogātiōnem . By surface analysis , interroger + -ation .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
Noun
interrogation f (plural interrogations )
questioning , interrogation
( grammar ) interrogative , question
( computing ) query
examen , often unexpected
Derived terms
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