interrogate

English

Etymology

From Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare (“to ask, question”), from inter (“between”) + rogare (“to ask”); see rogation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

1. (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

   The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.

Related terms

• interrogatee
• interrogation
• interrogative
• interrogatively
• interrogator
• interrogatory
• interrogable

Translations

to question or quiz

Chinese: Mandarin: 審問 (zh), 审问 (zh) (shěnwèn), 審訊 (zh), 审讯 (zh) (shěnxùn) Croatian: ispítati (hr), prèslušati (hr) Czech: vyslýchat (cs) Dutch: verhoren (nl), ondervragen (nl), interrogeren (nl) French: interroger (fr) German: verhören (de) Greek: ανακρίνω (el) Hungarian: faggat (hu), vallat (hu)

Japanese: 訊く (ja) (きく, kiku), 審尋する (ja) (しんじんする, shinjin-suru) Latin: sciscitor (la) Norwegian: avhøra (no) Polish: przesłuchiwać (pl), przesłuchać (pl) Portuguese: interrogar (pt), questionar (pt) Russian: допрашивать (ru) (doprášivat') impf., допросить (ru) (doprosít') pf. Spanish: interrogar (es) Swedish: förhöra (sv) Turkish: sorguya çekmek (tr), sorgulamak (tr), soru sormak (tr), isticvap etmek (tr), istinkak etmek (tr)

References

• interrogate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• interrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Italian

Verb

interrogate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interrogare
2. second-person plural imperative of interrogare
3. Feminine plural of interrogato

Anagrams

• integratore
• reintegrato

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Latin

Verb

interrogāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of interrogō