interrogative word

•  Language: English
  • • Substantive
    • ►▼ interrogative word[Edit] : A function word used to introduce an interrogative clause, i.e. a question, by replacing the part that is asked for . In English, most of them start with wh-.
      • ►▼ Lexical annotations

        Property	Value
        word class	substantive

      • ►▼ Definition

        Language	Text
        Breton	Ger arc'hwel a reer gantañ a-benn degas ullavarenn c'houlenn, d.l.e ur goulenn, hag a vez erlec'hiet ouzh ar pezh a glasker. E BRehzoneg e krog ar pep brasañ anezho gant pe-.
        Castilian	Palabra de función usada para introducir una cláusula interrogativa, es decir una pregunta, substituyendo la pieza la cual se pide.
        English	A function word used to introduce an interrogative clause, i.e. a question, by replacing the part that is asked for . In English, most of them start with wh-.
        German	Ein Funktionswort, das eine Frage anzeigt, in dem es den Teil ersetzt, nach dem gefragt wird. Im Deutschen beginnen sie meist mit W-.

      • ►▼ Synonyms and translations

        	Expression		Annotation
        	Language	Spelling
        	Breton	ger goulenn	show ▼hide ▲
        	Castilian	palabra interrogativa	show ▼hide ▲
        	Dutch	vragend voornaamwoord	show ▼hide ▲
        	English	question word	show ▼hide ▲
        	Georgian	კითხვითი სიტყვა	show ▼hide ▲
        	German	Fragewort	show ▼hide ▲
        	Japanese	疑問詞	show ▼hide ▲
        	Swedish	frågeord	show ▼hide ▲
        	Vietnamese	từ nghi vấn	show ▼hide ▲

      • ►▼ Semantic annotations

        Property	Value
        hypernym	word
        related term	question

      • ►▼ Class membership

        Class
        word class

      • ►▼ Incoming relations

        Related to	Relation type
        interrogative pronoun	hypernym
        question particle	related term