interrogation

From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- +‎ rogation or interrogate +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

interrogation (countable and uncountable, plural interrogations)

1. The act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
   • 1936 April, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Unfinished Poems.] Coriolan. I. Triumphal March.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 136:

     There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.

   • 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog‎^[1]:

     As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb

2. A question put; an inquiry.
3. (dated) A question mark.

• Generally used with the preposition under: "He is under interrogation about last night's events."

Borrowed from Latin interrogātiōnem. By surface analysis, interroger +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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interrogation f (plural interrogations)

1. questioning, interrogation
2. (grammar) interrogative, question
3. (computing) query
4. examen, often unexpected

• point d'interrogation

• “interrogation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012