questionnaire

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“I question”) (English query).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/, /ˌk(w)ɛstjəˈnɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/

Noun

questionnaire (plural questionnaires)

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

Related terms

• question

Translations

Verb

questionnaire (third-person singular simple present questionnaires, present participle questionnairing, simple past and past participle questionnaired)

1. to survey using questionnaires

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quaestiōnārius, from quaestiōnō, from Latin quaestiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ/

Noun

questionnaire m (plural questionnaires)

1. questionnaire

Related terms

• question

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• questionnerai