interrogative pronoun

English

Noun

interrogative pronoun (plural interrogative pronouns)

1. (grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.

   What did you say?

   Who said that?

   To whom was that said?

   Which student said that?

   Whose question was that?

Related terms

• pronoun
• relative pronoun
• indefinite pronoun

Translations

pronoun used in a question

• Armenian: հարցական դերանուն (hy) (harcʻakan deranun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疑問代詞 / 疑问代词 (zh) (yíwèn dàicí)

• Dutch: vragend voornaamwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: demanda pronomo
• Faroese: spurnarfornavn n
• Finnish: interrogatiivipronomini (fi), kysyvä pronomini, kysymyspronomini
• French: pronom interrogatif (fr) m
• Georgian: კითხვითი ნაცვალსახელი (ḳitxviti nacvalsaxeli)
• German: Interrogativpronomen (de) n, fragendes Fürwort n
• Greek: ερωτηματική αντωνυμία f (erotimatikí antonymía)
• Hungarian: kérdő névmás (hu)
• Icelandic: spurnarfornafn (is) n
• Irish: forainm ceisteach m
• Italian: pronome interrogativo (it) m
• Japanese: 疑問詞 (ja) (ぎもんし, gimonshi)
• Korean: 의문사(疑問詞) (ko) (uimunsa)
• Latin: pronomen interrogativum n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spørrepronomen n

• Portuguese: pronome interrogativo m
• Romanian: pronume interogativ n
• Russian: вопроси́тельное местоиме́ние (ru) n (voprosítelʹnoje mestoiménije)
• Spanish: pronombre interrogativo m
• Tagalog: panghalip pananong
• Telugu: ప్రశ్నార్థక సర్వనామము (praśnārthaka sarvanāmamu)
• Thai: ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม (th) (bprìt-chǎa-sàp-pá-naam)
• Vietnamese: đại từ nghi vấn
• Welsh: rhagenw gofynnol m