interrogative
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word interrogative. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word interrogative, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say interrogative in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word interrogative you have here. The definition of the word interrogative will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofinterrogative, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Late Latin interrogātīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/,
Audio (GA) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹɔɡ.ə.tɪv/,
Adjective
interrogative
- (grammar) Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point.
- 1877, William Dwight Whitney, Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools, §470:
- The regular place of the interrogative word, of whatever kind, is at the beginning of the sentence, or as near it as possible.
- Pertaining to inquiry; questioning
- He took on an interrogative tone of voice.
- 1847, Charles Sealsfield, Rambleton: A Romance of Fashionable Life in New-York during the Great Speculation of 1836, →OCLC, page 127:
- Thus speaking, the good man regarded his lady with an interrogative look. "I do n't know, dear!" she replied kindly, and sighing again.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
asking or denoting a question
|
Noun
interrogative (plural interrogatives)
- (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
- (typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
- 1824, J. Johnson, Typographia:
- There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative.
- 1842, F. Francillon, An Essay on Punctuation, page 9:
- Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.
- (rare) A question; an interrogation.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, A Legend of Montrose, section XII:
- "Who are you, sir, and what is your business?" demanded the Marquis... "That is a fair interrogative, my lord," answered Dalgetty.
Synonyms
- (punctuation mark): See question mark
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a word implying interrogation
|
References
- “interrogative”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
interrogative f sg
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
interrogative
- inflection of interrogativ:
Italian
Adjective
interrogative f pl
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From interrogātīvus (“interrogative”).
Adverb
interrogātīvē (comparative interrogātīvius, superlative interrogātīvissimē)
- interrogatively
- Synonym: interroganter
Related terms
References
- “interrogative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press