Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

questionary

/ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ques-tionary
IPA: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A questionnaire.

noun

A list of questions; a text comprising a set of questions.

noun

One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

Archaic

adj

Inquiring; asking questions; testing.

Example Sentences

"In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence."
"August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift […] And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long."

Etymology

Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: question

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/
British English: /ˈkwɛstʃən(ə)ɹi/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

questionaries (plural) quæstionary (alternative) more questionary (comparative) most questionary (superlative)

Synonyms

questionnaire

Questions

How do you pronounce questionary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/.
What does questionary mean?: A questionnaire.
Where does questionary come from?: Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question + -ary.

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