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 and/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

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 審問 (zh), 审问 (zh) ‎(shěnwèn), 審訊, 审讯 (zh) ‎(shěnxùn)

• Czech: vyslýchat
• Dutch: verhoren (nl), ondervragen (nl), interrogeren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: interroger (fr)
• Georgian: გამოკითხავს ‎(gamoḳitxavs)
• German: verhören (de)
• Greek: ανακρίνω (el) ‎(anakríno)
• Hungarian: faggat (hu), vallat (hu)
• Japanese: 訊く (ja) ‎(きく, kiku), 尋問する (ja) ‎(じんもんする, jinmon-suru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Latin: sciscitor
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: uiui
• Norwegian: avhøra
• Polish: przesłuchiwać, przesłuchać
• Portuguese: interrogar, questionar (pt)
• Russian: допра́шивать (ru) impf ‎(doprášivatʹ), допроси́ть (ru) pf ‎(doprosítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: ispítati (sh), prèslušati (sh)
• Spanish: interrogar (es)
• Swedish: förhöra (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sorguya çekmek (tr), sorgulamak (tr), soru sormak (tr), isticvap etmek, istinkak etmek
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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