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Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈɑːsk/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "En-uk-to ask.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northern England, Scotland" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈask/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈæsk/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-ask.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AAVE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ăks, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈæks/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ɑːsk" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: ax, axe (some dialects)

Etymology 1

Verb

ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)

To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2959: Parameter 1 is required.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
To request or petition; usually with for.
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template.
- Bible, Matthew vii. 7
  Ask, and it shall be given you.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Pronouncing ask as /æks/ is a common example of metathesis and a feature of some varieties of English, notably African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
The action expressed by the verb ask can also be expressed by the noun-verb combination pose a question (confer the parallel in German between fragen and eine Frage stellen).

Derived terms

Terms derived from ask

Template:rel-mid3

Translations

request an answer

Albanian: pyet
Amharic: መጠየቅ (mäṭäyäq)
Arabic: سأل (sáʾala)
Egyptian Arabic: Template:tø
Armenian: հարցնել (harcʻnel)
Aromanian: tser
Asturian: entrugar
Basque: galdetu
Belarusian: пытаць (pytácʹ) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., спытаць (spytácʹ) Template:pf.
Bulgarian: питам (bg) (pítam)
Burmese: မးတဟ္ (ma:tah,)
Catalan: preguntar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 問／问 (wèn), 问 (wèn), 詢問／询问 (xúnwèn), 询问 (xúnwèn)
(deprecated template usage) Czech: ptát se
Danish: spørge (da)
Dutch: vragen (nl)
Esperanto: demandi
Estonian: küsima, pärima
Faroese: spyrja (fo)
Finnish: kysyä (fi)
French: demander (fr), questionner (fr), poser (fr) (une question)
Georgian: იკითხავს (iḳitxavs)
German: fragen (de), (eine Frage) stellen (de)
Greek: ρωτώ (el) (rotó)
Hawaiian: Template:tø, Template:tø
Hebrew: שָׁאַל (he) (sha'ál)
Hindi: पूछना (pūchnā)
Hungarian: kérdez (hu)
Icelandic: spyrja (is), fregna
Ido: questionar (io)
Indonesian: tanya (id)
Interlingua: demandar
Irish: ceistigh, fiafraigh, iarr
Italian: chiedere (it), domandare (it), interrogare (it)
Jamaican Creole: Template:tø, Template:tø
Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku), 尋ねる (たずねる, tazuneru)
Jèrriais: Template:tø
Kannada: ಕೇಳು (kn) (kēḷu)
Khmer: សួរ (km) (suer), សុំ (km) (som)
Korean: 묻다 (ko) (mutda), 질문하다 (ko) (jilmun-hada)
Kurdish:
(deprecated template usage) ku: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., pirs kirin (ku) , pirsiyar kirin (ku)

Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Latgalian: Template:tø, Template:tø
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Latin: quaerere, scisco, sciscitor, scito, scitor
Latvian: lūgt (lv), prasīt
Lojban: Lua error in Module:translations at line 80: Translations must be for attested and approved main-namespace languages.
Luxembourgish: froen (lb)
Macedonian: прашува (prášuva), праша (práša)
Middle High German: Template:tø
Northern Sami: Template:tø
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spørre (no)

Nynorsk: spørje
Old English: friġnan, āscian
Old High German: Template:tø
Old Norse: Template:tø, Template:tø
Persian: پرسیدن (fa) (porsidan)
Polish: pytać (pl), zapytać (pl)
Portuguese: perguntar (pt)
Quechua: tapuy (qu)
Romanian: întreba (ro)
Romansch: dumandar
Russian: спрашивать (ru) (sprášivatʹ) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., спросить (ru) (sprosítʹ) Template:pf., задавать (ru) (zadavátʹ) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., задать (ru) (zadátʹ) Template:pf. (+ вопрос (voprós))
Sanskrit: पृच्छ् (pṛicch)
Sardinian: dimandhare
Scots: Template:tø
Scottish Gaelic: faighnich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пи̏тати

Roman: pȉtati
Sicilian: dumannari (scn), spiari (scn)
Slovak: pýtať sa
Slovene: vprašati (sl)
Spanish: preguntar (es)
Swahili: kuuliza
Swedish: fråga (sv), spörja (sv), ställa (en fråga) (sv)
Telugu: అడుగు (te) (aḍugu)
Thai: ถาม (th) (thām), ถามหา (thāmhā)
Turkish: sormak (tr)
Ukrainian: питати (uk) (pytáty) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., запитати (zapytáty) Template:pf.
Urdu: پوچھنا (pūchnā)
Vietnamese: hỏi (vi), chất vấn (vi)
Welsh: gofyn (cy), holi (cy), ceisio (cy)
Xhosa: ukubuza
Yiddish: פֿרעגן (fregn)
Zulu: buza, nxusa, ncenga, cela

make a request

Albanian: lut
Arabic: طَلَبَ (ṭalaba), رَجا (rajā)
Armenian: խնդրել (xndrel)
Belarusian: прасіць (prasícʹ) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., папрасіць (paprasícʹ) Template:pf.
Bulgarian: моля (bg) (mólja), искам (bg) (ískam)
Burmese: မးတဟ္ (ma:tah,)
Catalan: demanar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 請／请, 请 (qǐng), 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú), 请求 (qǐngqiú)
Czech: žádat (cs)
Dalmatian: Template:tø
Danish: bede (da)
Dutch: vragen (nl)
Esperanto: peti
Estonian: paluma
Finnish: pyytää (fi)
French: demander (fr)
Georgian: სთხოვს (stxovs), ითხოვს (itxovs)
German: bitten (de)
Greek: παρακαλώ (el) (parakaló), ζητώ (el) (zitó)
Hawaiian: Template:tø, Template:tø
Hebrew: ביקש (bikésh)
Hindi: पूछना (pūchnā), माँगना (māṅgnā)
Hungarian: kér (hu)
Icelandic: spyrja (is)
Ido: demandar (io)
Indonesian: minta (id)
Irish: iarr, pléigh
Italian: chiedere (it), domandare (it)
Japanese: 頼む (たのむ, tanomu)
Jèrriais: Template:tø
Kannada: ಕೇಳು (kn) (kēḷu)
Khmer: សួរ (km) (suer), សុំ (km) (som)
Korean: 청하다 (ko) (cheong-hada), 부탁하다 (ko) (butak-hada)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. kirin, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. kirin

Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (pirsîn), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Latin: rogare, precari, quaero
Luxembourgish: bieden
Macedonian: моли (móli)
Norwegian: be (no) om (no)
Old English: āscian
Old High German: Template:tø
Persian: درخواستن (darxâstan)
Polish: prosić (pl), poprosić (pl)
Portuguese: pedir (pt), solicitar (pt), requerer (pt), requisitar
Romanian: cere (ro), invita (ro), ruga (ro)
Russian: просить (ru) (prosítʹ) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., попросить (ru) (poprosítʹ) Template:pf.
Sanskrit: पृच्छ् (pṛicch)
Scots: Template:tø
Scottish Gaelic: iarr
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: питати, молити

Roman: pitati, moliti
Slovak: žiadať, prosiť
Slovene: prositi (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Template:tø
Spanish: pedir (es), requerir (es)
Swahili: kuomba
Swedish: be (sv) om (sv)
Telugu: అడుగు (te) (aḍugu)
Thai: ถาม (th) (thām), ถามหา (thāmhā)
Turkish: dilemek (tr)
Ukrainian: просити (prosýty) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., попросити (poprosýty) Template:pf.
Urdu: مانگنا (māṅgnā)
Vietnamese: cầu xin (vi)
Welsh: gofyn (cy), holi (cy), ceisio (cy)
Xhosa: ukucela
Yiddish: בעטן (betn)
Zulu: buza, nxusa, ncenga, cela

Noun

ask (plural asks)

An act or instance of asking.
- 2005, Laura Fredricks, The ask:
  To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.
Something asked or asked for; a request.
- 2008, Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers:
  Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.
An asking price.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Template:l/en, Template:l/en, Template:l/en, Template:l/en

Noun

ask (plural asks)

(deprecated template usage) (UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
- 1876, S. Smiles, Scottish Naturalist:
  He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask.
(deprecated template usage) (UK dialectal) A lizard.

Statistics

Template:rank

Anagrams

aks, ska

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

ask

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) askr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t, Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ask/

Noun

ask c (singular definite asken, plural indefinite aske)

common ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)})

Inflection

Declension of ask

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ask	asken	aske	askene
genitive	asks	askens	askes	askenes

Faroese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) askr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t, Template:term/t, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ask/

Noun

ask f (genitive singular askar, plural askir)

ash tree
ash wood

Declension

Declension of ask
f2	singular		plural
f2	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ask	askin	askir	askirnar
accusative	ask	askina	askir	askirnar
dative	ask	askini	askum	askunum
genitive	askar	askarinnar	aska	askanna

Synonyms

askur m

Norwegian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) askr.

Noun

ask m

The European ash (tree), Fraxinus excelsior

Inflection

Inflection of ask

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	ask	asken	asker	askene
Nynorsk m	ask	asken	askar	askane

Old Saxon

Etymology

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /aʃ/

Noun

ask m

ash tree
spear

Declension

Declension of ask (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	ask	ask
accusative	askes	aske
genitive	askōs	askōs
dative	askō	askum
instrumental	—	—

Swedish

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Sv-ask.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

ask c

the European ash (tree) Fraxinus excelsior^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)}
a small box

Declension

Template:sv-noun-reg-ar

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 # To request (information, or an [[answer]] to a [[question]]).
+#*{{quote-book|year=1913|author={{w|Joseph C. Lincoln}}|chapter=7
-#: ''I '''asked''' my mother her age.''
+|title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5535161W Mr. Pratt's Patients]
+|passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after '''asking''' what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
+#: {{usex|lang=en|I '''asked''' my mother her age.}}
 # To request or [[petition]]; usually with ''for''.
-#: ''to '''ask''' for a second helping at dinner''
+#: {{usex|lang=en|to '''ask''' for a second helping at dinner}}
-#: ''to '''ask''' for help with homework''
+#: {{usex|lang=en|to '''ask''' for help with homework}}
-#* Bible, Matthew vii. 7
+#* Bible, {{w|Gospel of Matthew|Matthew}} vii. 7
 #*: '''Ask''', and it shall be given you.

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Usage notes

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Danish

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Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

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Declension

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Norwegian

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Old Saxon

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Swedish

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