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Added 9 October 2026

query

/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ noun

Latin root: quaere Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about query at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A question, an inquiry , an enquiry .
The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
A question mark.
A set of instructions passed to a database.
The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.

verb

To ask a question.
To ask, inquire.
To question or call into doubt.

Origin

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.

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