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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "詢問"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xúnwèn",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "询问"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打聽"
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"roman": "dǎting",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打听"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "enquêter"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "se renseigner"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "sich erkundigen"
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{
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"sense": "to ask about something",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sha'ál",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "שָׁאַל)"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "érdeklődik"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "問い合わせる"
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"word": "尋ねる"
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"word": "訊く"
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"word": "聞く"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "scisco"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to ask about something",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "spørre"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investiga"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "cerceta"
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"roman": "sprášivatʹ",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "спра́шивать"
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"roman": "spravljátʹsja",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "справля́ться"
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"roman": "pṛcchati",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "पृच्छति"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "faighnich"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investigar"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "informarse"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vicāriñcu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "విచారించు"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "daryāptu cēyu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "దర్యాప్తు చేయు"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "สอบถาม"
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"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "питати"
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"roman": "doviduvatysja",
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"word": "довідуватися"
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).",
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{
"form": "inquires",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "inquiring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "inquired",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "inquired",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"in‧quire"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "inquest"
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{
"word": "inquiry"
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{
"word": "inquisition"
},
{
"word": "inquisitive"
},
{
"word": "inquisitor"
},
{
"word": "query"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Australian English",
"Canadian English",
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To ask (about something)."
],
"links": [
[
"ask",
"ask"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something)."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Canada",
"US",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To make an inquiry or an investigation."
],
"links": [
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"investigation",
"investigation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To call; to name."
],
"links": [
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"name",
"name"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To call; to name."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkwaɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-inquire.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-us-inquire.ogg/En-us-inquire.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-us-inquire.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "frain"
},
{
"tags": [
"British"
],
"word": "enquire"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʕlama",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "اِسْتَعْلَمَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "saʔala",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "سَأَلَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "saʔal",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "سأل"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʻnel",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "հարցնել"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "iker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpitvam",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "разпитвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "interesuvam se",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "интересувам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "詢問"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xúnwèn",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "询问"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打聽"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎting",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打听"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "demandi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kysyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "tiedustella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kysellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "enquêter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "se renseigner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "sich erkundigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "nachfragen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirieren"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sha'ál",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "שָׁאַל)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "érdeklődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "tudakozódik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kérdezősködik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "fiafraigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "fiosraigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toiawaseru",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "問い合わせる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tazuneru",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "尋ねる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiku",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "訊く"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiku",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "聞く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "sciscitor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "scitor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "pakirehua"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "spørre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "forespørre"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investiga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "cerceta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprášivatʹ",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "спра́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spravljátʹsja",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "справля́ться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pṛcchati",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "पृच्छति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "faighnich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investigar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "informarse"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vicāriñcu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "విచారించు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "daryāptu cēyu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "దర్యాప్తు చేయు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "สอบถาม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pytaty",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "питати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doviduvatysja",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "довідуватися"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpitjaam",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "разпитяам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "tiedustella"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "whakaui"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "urupounamu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "pakirehua"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "faighnich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "consultar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "preguntar"
}
],
"word": "inquire"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "inquīre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "inquīre"
},
"expansion": "inquīre",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "inquīrō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present active imperative of inquīrō"
],
"links": [
[
"inquīrō",
"inquiro#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/inˈkʷiː.re/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɪŋˈkʷiːrɛ]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/inˈkwi.re/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[iŋˈkwiːre]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "inquire"
}
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese non-lemma forms",
"Portuguese verb forms"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "inquire",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"in‧qui‧re"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "inquirir"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of inquirir:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
"third-person singular present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"inquirir",
"inquirir#Portuguese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of inquirir:\n"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "inquirir"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of inquirir:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
"second-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"inquirir",
"inquirir#Portuguese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of inquirir:\n"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "inquire"
}
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