"counterquestion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: counterquestions [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + question. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|question}} counter- + question Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterquestion (plural counterquestions)
  1. A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another. Translations (question that serves as a reply): wedervraag [common-gender] (Dutch), vastakysymys (Finnish), contre-question [feminine] (French), Gegenfrage [feminine] (German), protupitanje (Serbo-Croatian), motfråga [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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      "word": "Gegenfrage"
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      "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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