interview

English Online Dictionary. What means interview‎? What does interview mean?

English

Etymology

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəvjuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn(t)ɚvju/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th–19th c.]
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature. [from 17th c.]
3. A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]

4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]

5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Belarusian: інтэрв'ю́ (intervʺjú)
• → Czech: interview
• → Danish: interview
• → Dutch: interview
• → Esperanto: intervjuo
• → French: interview
• → German: Interview
• → Italian: intervista (calque)
• → Japanese: インタビュー
• → Korean: 인터뷰 (inteobyu)
• → Lithuanian: interviu
• → Malay: interviu
• → Polish: interview
• → Portuguese: entrevista (calque)
• → Romanian: interviu
• → Russian: интервью́ (intervʹjú)
• → Spanish: entrevista (calque)
• → Ukrainian: інтерв'ю́ (intervʺjú)

Translations

Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

1. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
2. (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Derived terms

• interviewee
• interviewer

Descendants

• ⇒ Cantonese: in (in¹)

Translations

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interview”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “interview”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Noun

interview n

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

   poskytovat interview ― to give an interview

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• “interview”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “interview”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/

Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

1. inflection of interviewen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview. Doublet of entrevue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju/, /in.tɛʁ.vju/

Noun

interview f or m (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Further reading

• “interview”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tɛrˈvju/
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧view

Noun

interview n (indeclinable)

1. (media) interview (conversation in which facts or opinions are sought)

   Synonym: wywiad

   Hypernym: rozmowa

2. job interview (formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for)

   Synonyms: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna, rozmowa o pracę

   Hypernym: rozmowa

Further reading

• interview in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• interview in Polish dictionaries at PWN