"wh-word" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌbəljuː ˈeɪt͡ʃ ˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ Forms: wh-words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wh-word (plural wh-words)
  1. Any English word that is interrogative, typically beginning with the letters "wh"; a question word.
    Sense id: en-wh-word-en-noun-O~gPeGAs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. (by extension) Any interrogative word from any language. Tags: broadly Translations (interrogative word): hv-ord [neuter] (Danish), mot interrogatif (French), mot qu- [masculine] (French), W-Wort [neuter] (German), вопроси́тельное сло́во (voprosítelʹnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wh-word-en-noun-9xBTwFDC Disambiguation of 'interrogative word': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wh-question

Inflected forms

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        "(by extension) Any interrogative word from any language."
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          "code": "da",
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            "neuter"
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "voprosítelʹnoje slóvo",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вопроси́тельное сло́во"
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    }
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        "(by extension) Any interrogative word from any language."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "interrogative word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hv-ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interrogative word",
      "word": "mot interrogatif"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interrogative word",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mot qu-"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interrogative word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "W-Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voprosítelʹnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "interrogative word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вопроси́тельное сло́во"
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