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"Society",
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{
"text": "What did you say?"
},
{
"text": "Who said that?"
},
{
"text": "To whom was that said?"
},
{
"text": "Which student said that?"
},
{
"text": "Whose question was that?"
}
],
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"A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent."
],
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{
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"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "interrogative"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "word"
}
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[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"whom",
"whom"
],
[
"whose",
"whose"
],
[
"relative pronoun",
"relative pronoun"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent."
],
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{
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"word": "relative pronoun"
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{
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"word": "interrogative pronoun"
}
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"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʻakan deranun",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "հարցական դերանուն"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑問代詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíwèn dàicí",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑问代词"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vragend voornaamwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "demanda pronomo"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spurnarfornavn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "interrogatiivipronomini"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kysyvä pronomini"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kysymyspronomini"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronom interrogatif"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳitxviti nacvalsaxeli",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "კითხვითი ნაცვალსახელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Interrogativpronomen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fragendes Fürwort"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "erotimatikí antonymía",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερωτηματική αντωνυμία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kérdő névmás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spurnarfornafn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forainm ceisteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronome interrogativo"
},
{
"alt": "ぎもんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gimonshi",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑問詞"
},
{
"alt": "疑問詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uimunsa",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "의문사"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pronomen interrogativum"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spørrepronomen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronome interrogativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pronume interogativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voprosítelʹnoje mestoiménije",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вопроси́тельное местоиме́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronombre interrogativo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "panghalip pananong"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "praśnārthaka sarvanāmamu",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "ప్రశ్నార్థక సర్వనామము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprìt-chǎa-sàp-pá-naam",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "đại từ nghi vấn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhagenw gofynnol"
}
],
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"interrogative pronoun"
]
}
],
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}
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]
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "what"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "which"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "who"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whom"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whose"
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},
{
"word": "relative pronoun"
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{
"word": "indefinite pronoun"
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"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Telugu translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
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{
"text": "What did you say?"
},
{
"text": "Who said that?"
},
{
"text": "To whom was that said?"
},
{
"text": "Which student said that?"
},
{
"text": "Whose question was that?"
}
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],
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"whom",
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[
"whose",
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],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʻakan deranun",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "հարցական դերանուն"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑問代詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíwèn dàicí",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑问代词"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vragend voornaamwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "demanda pronomo"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spurnarfornavn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "interrogatiivipronomini"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kysyvä pronomini"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kysymyspronomini"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronom interrogatif"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳitxviti nacvalsaxeli",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "კითხვითი ნაცვალსახელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Interrogativpronomen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fragendes Fürwort"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "erotimatikí antonymía",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερωτηματική αντωνυμία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "kérdő névmás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spurnarfornafn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forainm ceisteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronome interrogativo"
},
{
"alt": "ぎもんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gimonshi",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "疑問詞"
},
{
"alt": "疑問詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uimunsa",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "의문사"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pronomen interrogativum"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spørrepronomen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronome interrogativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pronume interogativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voprosítelʹnoje mestoiménije",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вопроси́тельное местоиме́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pronombre interrogativo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "panghalip pananong"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "praśnārthaka sarvanāmamu",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "ప్రశ్నార్థక సర్వనామము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprìt-chǎa-sàp-pá-naam",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"word": "đại từ nghi vấn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pronoun used in a question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhagenw gofynnol"
}
],
"word": "interrogative pronoun"
}
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