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interpeller

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin interpellāre, from interpellō (to interrupt, to hinder). Compare Italian interpellare, Spanish and Portuguese interpelar, English interpellate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/, (formal) /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ ~ /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/
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Verb

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interpeller (transitive)

  1. to call out to
    • 1930, Victor Méric, Les Compagnons de l’Escopette, Paris: Éditions de l’Épi, page 188:
      Elle interpelle une femme maigriote et chahuteuse et lui crie avec un accent inimitable : []
      She called out to a slimmish, raucous woman and cried out to her in an unimitable accent []
  2. to question, to interrogate; to address (of police etc.)
    • 1863, Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie:
      L’un des membres de la Société interpella le président sur la question de savoir si le docteur Fergusson ne serait pas officiellement présenté.
      One of the members of the Society questioned the president on the question of whether Doctor Fergusson would be officially presented.
  3. (by extension) to apprehend, to arrest
    Synonym: appréhender
  4. (figurative) to raise questions for
    • 2006, André Corten, Les frontières du politique en Amérique latine, Éditions Karthala, page 58:
      Si la nature des rapports entre le politique et les idées de la religion et du sacré nous interpelle, en tant que politologues, il nous semble essentiel de réfléchir sur leurs théorisations respectives []
      If the nature of the relations between politics and ideas of religion and the sacred raises questions to us as political scientists, it seems essential for us to reflect on their respective theorization []
  5. (politics) to interpellate (question formally concerning official or governmental policy)

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Latin

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Verb

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interpeller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of interpellō