interrogative pronoun

noun

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.

“Who said that?”

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Meanings

nouninterrogative pronoun (plural interrogative pronouns)

plural interrogative pronouns

  1. grammarA 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.

    Who said that?

    4 more examples

    What did you say?

    To whom was that said?

    Which student said that?

    Whose question was that?

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 疑問代詞 /疑问代词
  • 疑問代詞 /疑问代词 (yíwèn dàicí)pronoun used in a question
Dutch vragend voornaamwoord
  • vragend voornaamwoordpronoun used in a question
Esperanto demanda pronomo
  • demanda pronomopronoun used in a question
Finnish interrogatiivipronomini, kysyvä pronomini
  • interrogatiivipronominipronoun used in a question
  • kysyvä pronominipronoun used in a question
  • kysymyspronominipronoun used in a question
French pronom interrogatif
  • pronom interrogatifpronoun used in a question
German Interrogativpronomen, fragendes Fürwort
  • Interrogativpronomenpronoun used in a question
  • fragendes Fürwortpronoun used in a question
Greek ερωτηματική αντωνυμία
  • ερωτηματική αντωνυμία (erotimatikí antonymía)pronoun used in a question
Hungarian kérdő névmás
  • kérdő névmáspronoun used in a question
Icelandic spurnarfornafn
  • spurnarfornafnpronoun used in a question
Irish forainm ceisteach
  • forainm ceisteachpronoun used in a question
Italian pronome interrogativo
  • pronome interrogativopronoun used in a question
Japanese 疑問詞
  • 疑問詞 (gimonshi)pronoun used in a question
Korean 의문사
  • 의문사 (uimunsa)pronoun used in a question
Latin pronomen interrogativum
  • pronomen interrogativumpronoun used in a question
Norwegian Bokmål spørrepronomen
  • spørrepronomenpronoun used in a question
Portuguese pronome interrogativo
  • pronome interrogativopronoun used in a question
Romanian pronume interogativ
  • pronume interogativpronoun used in a question
Russian вопроси́тельное местоиме́ние
  • вопроси́тельное местоиме́ние (voprosítelʹnoje mestoiménije)pronoun used in a question
Spanish pronombre interrogativo
  • pronombre interrogativopronoun used in a question
Tagalog panghalip pananong
  • panghalip pananongpronoun used in a question
Thai ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม
  • ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม (bprìt-chǎa-sàp-pá-naam)pronoun used in a question
Vietnamese đại từ nghi vấn
  • đại từ nghi vấnpronoun used in a question
Welsh rhagenw gofynnol
  • rhagenw gofynnolpronoun used in a question
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