interroger

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin interrogāre. Doublet of entraver.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/, /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/
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Verb[edit]

interroger

  1. (transitive) to question, interrogate

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written interroge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of interroger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple interroger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple interrogeant
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle interrogé
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present interroge
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interroges
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interroge
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interrogeons
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ 		interrogez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ 		interrogent
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/
imperfect interrogeais
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		interrogeais
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		interrogeait
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		interrogions
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		interrogiez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/ 		interrogeaient
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 interrogeai
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ 		interrogeas
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		interrogea
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		interrogeâmes
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒam/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒam/ 		interrogeâtes
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒat/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒat/ 		interrogèrent
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/
future interrogerai
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ 		interrogeras
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ 		interrogera
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ 		interrogerons
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		interrogerez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ 		interrogeront
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional interrogerais
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		interrogerais
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		interrogerait
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		interrogerions
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		interrogeriez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		interrogeraient
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present interroge
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interroges
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interroge
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		interrogions
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		interrogiez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/ 		interrogent
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/
imperfect2 interrogeasse
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/ 		interrogeasses
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/ 		interrogeât
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		interrogeassions
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		interrogeassiez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ 		interrogeassent
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — interroge
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ 		— interrogeons
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ 		interrogez
/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

interroger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of interrogō
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