Meanings
plural questionnaires
- A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
fill out a questionnaire
2 more examples
carry out a questionnaire
In considering their post-war designs some of the British and American railways have adopted the course of taking a cross section of the requirements of the travelling public by distributing questionnaires dealing with details of seating, lighting, catering, and other features making for comfortable journeys.
1946 January and February, “Post-War Passenger Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 2
present singular third person questionnaires · participle present questionnairing · participle past questionnaired · past questionnaired
- transitiveTo survey using questionnaires.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinquaerō
- Latinquaestiō
- Latinquaestiōnō
- Late Latinquaestiōnāriu
- Frenchquestionnaire
- Englishquestionnaire
Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“to question”) (English query).
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِسْتِبَانَة
- اِسْتِبَانَة (istibāna)form containing a list of questions
Bulgarian въпро́сник
- въпро́сник (văprósnik)form containing a list of questions
Catalan qüestionari
- qüestionariform containing a list of questions
Chinese Mandarin 問卷 /问卷, 調查表 /调查表
- 問卷 /问卷 (wènjuàn)form containing a list of questions
- 調查表 /调查表 (diàochábiǎo)form containing a list of questions
Czech dotazník
- dotazníkform containing a list of questions
Danish spørgeskema
- spørgeskemaform containing a list of questions
Dutch questionnaire, vragenlijst
- questionnaireform containing a list of questions
- vragenlijstform containing a list of questions
Esperanto demandaro
- demandaroform containing a list of questions
Estonian küsimusieht, ankeet
- küsimusiehtform containing a list of questions
- ankeetform containing a list of questions
Finnish kyselylomake, kyselykaavake
- kyselylomakeform containing a list of questions
- kyselykaavakeform containing a list of questions
- kyselyform containing a list of questions
French questionnaire, enquête
- questionnaireform containing a list of questions
- enquêteform containing a list of questions
German Fragebogen
- Fragebogenform containing a list of questions
Greek ερωτηματολόγιο
- ερωτηματολόγιο (erotimatológio)form containing a list of questions
Hindi प्रश्नावली
- प्रश्नावली (praśnāvlī)form containing a list of questions
Hungarian kérdőív
- kérdőívform containing a list of questions
Indonesian angket, daftar tanya
- angketform containing a list of questions
- daftar tanyaform containing a list of questions
- daftar isianform containing a list of questions
- kuesionerform containing a list of questions
Irish ceistiúchán
- ceistiúchánform containing a list of questions
Italian questionario
- questionarioform containing a list of questions
Japanese アンケート
- アンケート (ankēto)form containing a list of questions
Korean 설문지, 앙케트
- 설문지 (seolmunji)form containing a list of questions
- 앙케트 (angketeu)form containing a list of questions
Latvian anketa, aptauja
- anketaform containing a list of questions
- aptaujaform containing a list of questions
Lithuanian anketa
- anketaform containing a list of questions
Malay daftar pertanyaan, soal selidik
- daftar pertanyaanform containing a list of questions
- soal selidikform containing a list of questions
Māori rārangi uiui, rārangi pātai
- rārangi uiuiform containing a list of questions
- rārangi pātaiform containing a list of questions
Norwegian Bokmål spørreskjema
- spørreskjemaform containing a list of questions
Persian پرسشنامه
- پرسشنامه (porseš-nâme)form containing a list of questions
Polish ankieta, kwestionariusz
- ankietaform containing a list of questions
- kwestionariuszform containing a list of questions
Portuguese questionário
- questionárioform containing a list of questions
Russian анке́та, опро́сник
- анке́та (ankéta)form containing a list of questions
- опро́сник (oprósnik)form containing a list of questions
Scottish Gaelic ceisteachan
- ceisteachanform containing a list of questions
Slovak dotazník
- dotazníkform containing a list of questions
Spanish cuestionario, encuesta
- cuestionarioform containing a list of questions
- encuestaform containing a list of questions
Swahili dodoso, orodha ya maswali ya uchunguzi
- dodosoform containing a list of questions
- orodha ya maswali ya uchunguziform containing a list of questions
Swedish enkät
- enkätform containing a list of questions
Tagalog talatanungan
- talatanunganform containing a list of questions
Thai แบบสอบถาม
- แบบสอบถาม (bɛ̀ɛp-sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam)form containing a list of questions
Turkish anket formu
- anket formuform containing a list of questions
Ukrainian анке́та, запита́льник
- анке́та (ankéta)form containing a list of questions
- запита́льник (zapytálʹnyk)form containing a list of questions
Vietnamese bản câu hỏi, bảng câu hỏi
- bản câu hỏiform containing a list of questions
- bảng câu hỏiform containing a list of questions
Welsh holiadur
- holiadurform containing a list of questions
Yiddish אַנקעטע
- אַנקעטע (ankete)form containing a list of questions
Cite this entry
questionnaire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionnaire
“questionnaire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionnaire. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “questionnaire,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionnaire.
Source: questionnaire on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.