Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

questionnaire

/ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: ques-tion-naire
IPA: /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

verb

To survey using questionnaires.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"carry out a questionnaire"
"fill out a questionnaire"
"In considering their post-war designs some of the British and American railways have adopted the course of taking a cross section of the requirements of the travelling public by distributing questionnaires dealing with details of seating, lighting, catering, and other features making for comfortable journeys."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin quaerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin quaestiōder. Latin quaestiōnō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin quaestiōnāriusbor. French questionnairebor. English questionnaire Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“to question”) (English query).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: questionnaire

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/
British English: /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

questionnaires (plural) questionnaires (present, singular) questionnairing (participle, present) questionnaired (participle, past) questionnaired (past)

Derived Forms

equestionnaire heteroquestionnaire opinionaire opinionnaire postquestionnaire prequestionnaire

Frequently Paired Words

question

Rhymes With

their there where care they're air share hair fair wear square aware

Questions

How do you pronounce questionnaire?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/.
What does questionnaire mean?: A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
Where does questionnaire come from?: It is traced to French.

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