# interrogative
## English
### Etymology

From Late Latin interrogātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/
** Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/, [ˌɪn.təˈɹɑ.ɡə.ɾɪv]
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɔɡ.ə.tɪv/, [ˌɪn.təˈɹɔɡ.ə.ɾɪv]

### 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

* examining
* inquiring
* investigative

#### Coordinate terms

* assertoric
* imperative

#### Derived terms

* interrogative accent
* interrogative judgement
* interrogatively
* interrogative pronoun
* nterrogative adjective

#### Related terms

* interrogate
* interrogation
* interrogator

#### Translations
### 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

* interrogative-point

#### Related terms

* interrogate
* interrogatedness
* interrogatee
* interrogation
* interrogator
* interrogatory
* redditive (grammar)

#### References

* “interrogative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.tiv/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ɡa.tiv/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

interrogative f sg
* feminine singular of interrogatif

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

interrogative
* inflection of interrogativ:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Adjective

interrogative f pl
* feminine plural of interrogativo

### Anagrams

* interrogatevi, reintegrativo, trigenerativo

## Latin
### Etymology

From interrogātīvus (“interrogative”).

### Adverb

interrogātīvē (comparative interrogātīvius, superlative interrogātīvissimē)
* interrogatively
    Synonym: interroganter

#### Related terms

* interrogāmentum
* interroganter
* interrogātiō
* interrogātiuncula
* interrogātīvus
* interrogātor
* interrogātōrius
* interrogō

### References

* “interrogative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press