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interrogative pronoun

interrogative pronoun noun: a pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.

Noun

interrogative pronoun (plural interrogative pronouns)

  1. A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.
    • What did you say?
    • Who said that?

interrogative pronoun meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Sanskrit

interrogative pronoun in Tamil

வினாப்பெயர், வினாப் பதிலீடு

interrogative pronoun in Telugu

pronoun used in a question
ప్రశ్నార్థక సర్వనామము praśnārthaka sarvanāmamu

interrogative pronoun in Gujarati

interrogative pronoun; what, which
શું śũ

interrogative pronoun in Sanskrit

interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
क ká
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interrogative pronoun in Tagalog
panghalip pananong
interrogative pronoun in Thai
ปฤจฉาสรรพนาม bprìt-chǎa-sàp-pá-naam
interrogative pronoun in Vietnamese
đại từ nghi vấn

Forms of interrogative pronoun

pluralinterrogative pronouns

Questions about interrogative pronoun

What does interrogative pronoun mean?
Interrogative pronoun means a pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.
What is interrogative pronoun in Tamil?
Interrogative pronoun in Tamil is வினாப்பெயர், வினாப் பதிலீடு. See Interrogative pronoun meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interrogative pronoun?
Interrogative pronoun is a noun.
What is the plural of interrogative pronoun?
The plural of interrogative pronoun is interrogative pronouns.

Words near interrogative pronoun in the dictionary

  1. interrogational
  2. interrogations
  3. interrogative
  4. interrogative adjective
  5. interrogative adjectives
  6. interrogative pronoun
  7. interrogative pronouns
  8. interrogative-point
  9. interrogative-points
  10. interrogatively
  11. interrogativeness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interrogative pronoun (page history and authors); interrogative pronoun (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); શું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); क (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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