"demando" meaning in Esperanto

See demando in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /deˈmando/ Forms: demandon [accusative, singular], demandoj [plural], demandojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ando Etymology: From demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns). Etymology templates: {{af|eo|demandi<t:to ask, inquire, or question>|-o<pos:suffix forming nouns>}} demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns) Head templates: {{eo-head}} demando (accusative singular demandon, plural demandoj, accusative plural demandojn)
  1. question, interrogative
    Sense id: en-demando-eo-noun-GjyDwP6- Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto terms suffixed with -o, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Esperanto terms suffixed with -o: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. issue, question
    Sense id: en-demando-eo-noun-IioP6qJo Categories (other): Esperanto terms suffixed with -o, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Esperanto terms suffixed with -o: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: demandosigno (english: question mark), kridemandosigno (english: interrobang), pridemandi, pridemando

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "question mark",
      "translation": "question mark",
      "word": "demandosigno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "interrobang",
      "translation": "interrobang",
      "word": "kridemandosigno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pridemandi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pridemando"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "demandi<t:to ask, inquire, or question>",
        "3": "-o<pos:suffix forming nouns>"
      },
      "expansion": "demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demandon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandoj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demando (accusative singular demandon, plural demandoj, accusative plural demandojn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧man‧do"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "de‧man‧do"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto terms suffixed with -o",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              71,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              82
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I effectively remember that, from time to time, you send me letters with questions about how the affair is going; but yet, you never wrote to me what you yourself did for our affair.",
          "ref": "1929, L. L. Zamenhof, edited by Johannes Dietterle, Originala Verkaro [Original Works] (paperback), Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, page 58:",
          "text": "Mi efektive memoras, ke de tempo al tempo vi sendas al mi leterojn kun demandoj pri la irado de la afero; sed neniam ankoraŭ vi skribis al mi kion vi mem faris por nia afero.",
          "translation": "I effectively remember that, from time to time, you send me letters with questions about how the affair is going; but yet, you never wrote to me what you yourself did for our affair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question, interrogative"
      ],
      "id": "en-demando-eo-noun-GjyDwP6-",
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ],
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Esperanto terms suffixed with -o",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "issue, question"
      ],
      "id": "en-demando-eo-noun-IioP6qJo",
      "links": [
        [
          "issue",
          "issue#English"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈmando/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ando"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demando"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Esperanto 3-syllable words",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto nouns",
    "Esperanto terms suffixed with -o",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/ando",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/ando/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "question mark",
      "translation": "question mark",
      "word": "demandosigno"
    },
    {
      "english": "interrobang",
      "translation": "interrobang",
      "word": "kridemandosigno"
    },
    {
      "word": "pridemandi"
    },
    {
      "word": "pridemando"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "demandi<t:to ask, inquire, or question>",
        "3": "-o<pos:suffix forming nouns>"
      },
      "expansion": "demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demandi (“to ask, inquire, or question”) + -o (suffix forming nouns).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demandon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandoj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demando (accusative singular demandon, plural demandoj, accusative plural demandojn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧man‧do"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "de‧man‧do"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              71,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              82
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I effectively remember that, from time to time, you send me letters with questions about how the affair is going; but yet, you never wrote to me what you yourself did for our affair.",
          "ref": "1929, L. L. Zamenhof, edited by Johannes Dietterle, Originala Verkaro [Original Works] (paperback), Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, page 58:",
          "text": "Mi efektive memoras, ke de tempo al tempo vi sendas al mi leterojn kun demandoj pri la irado de la afero; sed neniam ankoraŭ vi skribis al mi kion vi mem faris por nia afero.",
          "translation": "I effectively remember that, from time to time, you send me letters with questions about how the affair is going; but yet, you never wrote to me what you yourself did for our affair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question, interrogative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ],
        [
          "interrogative",
          "interrogative#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "issue, question"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "issue",
          "issue#English"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈmando/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ando"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demando"
}

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