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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "interrogative pronouns",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "interrogative pronoun (plural interrogative pronouns)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "what"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "which"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "who"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whom"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whose"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"name": "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
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"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Parts of speech",
"orig": "en:Parts of speech",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"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?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "interrogative"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "word"
}
],
"id": "en-interrogative_pronoun-en-noun-kDlVYyEJ",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"whom",
"whom"
],
[
"whose",
"whose"
],
[
"relative pronoun",
"relative pronoun"
]
],
"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."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"word": "relative pronoun"
},
{
"word": "indefinite pronoun"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "interrogative pronoun"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʿakan 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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"interrogative pronoun"
]
}
],
"word": "interrogative pronoun"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "interrogative pronouns",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "interrogative pronoun (plural interrogative pronouns)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "interrogative"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "word"
}
],
"instances": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "what"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "which"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "who"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whom"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "whose"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"word": "relative pronoun"
},
{
"word": "indefinite pronoun"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Greek terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Grammar",
"en:Parts of speech"
],
"examples": [
{
"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?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"whom",
"whom"
],
[
"whose",
"whose"
],
[
"relative pronoun",
"relative pronoun"
]
],
"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."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"wikipedia": [
"interrogative pronoun"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:interrogative pronoun",
"word": "interrogative pronoun"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʿakan 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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