"polar question" meaning in All languages combined

See polar question on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: ˌpəʊləʴ ˈkwɛst͡ʃən, ˌpoʊləʵ ˈkwɛst͡ʃəns
  1. (Linguistik) Eine Frage die nur zwei mögliche Antworten zulässt, nämlich yes (affirmativ) oder no (negativ).
    Sense id: de-polar_question-en-noun-vGXk-Bpp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yes-no question
Categories (other): Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Substantiv (Englisch), Siehe auch

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "po·lar ques·tion",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Do you go to Italy next month?\"",
          "translation": "\"Gehst du nächsten Monat nach Italien?\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Linguistik) Eine Frage die nur zwei mögliche Antworten zulässt, nämlich yes (affirmativ) oder no (negativ)."
      ],
      "id": "de-polar_question-en-noun-vGXk-Bpp",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˌpəʊləʴ ˈkwɛst͡ʃən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˌpoʊləʵ ˈkwɛst͡ʃəns"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "yes-no question"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polar question"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "hyphenation": "po·lar ques·tion",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Do you go to Italy next month?\"",
          "translation": "\"Gehst du nächsten Monat nach Italien?\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Linguistik) Eine Frage die nur zwei mögliche Antworten zulässt, nämlich yes (affirmativ) oder no (negativ)."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˌpəʊləʴ ˈkwɛst͡ʃən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˌpoʊləʵ ˈkwɛst͡ʃəns"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "yes-no question"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polar question"
}

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