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語源

From Late Latin interrogātīvus, equivalent to interrogate +‎ -ive.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/, [ˌɪn.təˈɹɑ.ɡə.ɾɪv]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌɪn.təˈɹɔɡ.ə.tɪv/, [ˌɪn.təˈɹɔɡ.ə.ɾɪv]

形容詞

interrogative (comparative more interrogative, superlative most interrogative)

1. (grammar) Asking or denoting a question.

   an interrogative phrase

   an interrogative pronoun

   • 1877, William Dwight Whitney, Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools, §470:

     The regular place of the interrogative word, of whatever kind, is at the beginning of the sentence, or as near it as possible.

   • 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog‎:

     An interrogative particle ke is placed at the end of a question. […] The interrogative words are placed at the beginning of the sentence

2. Pertaining to inquiry; questioning

   He took on an interrogative tone of voice.

   • 1847, Charles Sealsfield, Rambleton: A Romance of Fashionable Life in New-York during the Great Speculation of 1836, →OCLC, page 127:

     Thus speaking, the good man regarded his lady with an interrogative look. "I do n't know, dear!" she replied kindly, and sighing again.

同意語

• examining
• inquiring
• investigative

等位語

• assertoric
• imperative

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名詞

interrogative (plural interrogatives)

1. (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
   • 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog‎:

     When question words are used, it is not necessary to add the ke particle, as it is already embedded in the interrogative

2. (typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
   • 1824, J. Johnson, Typographia:

     There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative.

   • 1842, F. Francillon, An Essay on Punctuation, page 9:

     Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.

3. (rare) A question; an interrogation.
   • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, A Legend of Montrose, section XII:

     "Who are you, sir, and what is your business?" demanded the Marquis... "That is a fair interrogative, my lord," answered Dalgetty.

同意語

• (punctuation mark): See question mark

派生語

• interrogative-point

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参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interrogative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

副詞

interrogātīvē (comparative interrogātīvius, superlative interrogātīvissimē)

1. interrogatively

   Synonym: interroganter

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参照

• “interrogative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press