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English
Pronunciation
Noun
rhetorical question (plural rhetorical questions)
- A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
- (colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer.
Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.
Translations
question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect
- Arabic: اِسْتِفْهَام مَجَازِيّ m (istifhām majāziyy)
- Catalan: pregunta retòrica f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 反問句 / 反问句 (zh) (fǎnwènjù)
- Czech: řečnická otázka f
- Finnish: retorinen kysymys
- French: question rhétorique (fr)
- Galician: pregunta retórica f
- German: rhetorische Frage (de) f
- Hungarian: költői kérdés
- Icelandic: retorísk spurning f, ræðuspurning f
- Japanese: 修辞疑問 (しゅうじぎもん, jūji gimon), 反語 (ja) (はんご, hango)
- Kazakh: шешендік мәселе (şeşendık mäsele)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: pirsa retorîk f
- Macedonian: реторичко прашање n (retoričko prašanje)
- Malay: soalan retorik
- Maori: ui makihoi, ui mākoi, pātai mākoi
- Polish: pytanie retoryczne (pl) n, pytania retoryczne n pl
- Portuguese: pergunta retórica f
- Romanian: interogație retorică (ro) f, întrebare retorică f
- Russian: ритори́ческий вопро́с (ru) m (ritoríčeskij voprós)
- Spanish: pregunta retórica f
- Swedish: retorisk fråga c
- Turkish: cümle değerli soru, retorik soru, tümce değerli soru
- Ukrainian: ритори́чне запита́ння n (rytorýčne zapytánnja)
- Yoruba: ìbéèrè pèsìjẹ
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question of which no answer is expected
