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Complete Definition of "ask"

see|Ask
English
rank|earth|live|hard|408|ask|question|doubt|around

Etymology
Old English ascian|�scian, acsian|�csian, axian|�xian

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/��sk/, SAMPA|/A:sk/
(General American|US) IPA|/æsk/, SAMPA|/{sk/
audio|en-us-ask.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb

  1. look for an answer to a question by speaking.
  2. approach someone to do something.

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Pronouncing ask as /æks/ is one of the most common examples of the speech error metathesis in modern usage

Derived terms
ask after
ask around
ask in
ask out
ask over
ask round

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|request an answer
Albanian: pyet
Arabic: ARchar|سأ� (sá�ala)
Binisayâ: pagpakiana, pagusisa, panginsayod
Bosnian: pitati#Bosnian|pitati
Bulgarian: пи�ам (pitam)
Burmese: ������ (metah)
Catalan: preguntar
Chinese: � (wèn), 询� (xúnwèn)
Croatian: pitati#Croatian|pitati
Czech: ptát se
Danish: spørge
Dutch: vragen
Esperanto: demandi
Estonian: küsima, pärima
Finnish: kysyä
French: demander, questionner
German: fragen
Greek: ���� (rotó)
Hawaiian: nīnau, ui, noi
Hebrew: �ש��� (lish'ol)
Hindi: प��ना (pū�an�), मा��ना (m�.ngan�)
Hungarian: kérdez
Icelandic: spyrja
Ido: questionar
Indonesian: tanya
Irish: ceistigh, fiafraigh, iarr
Italian: chiedere, domandare, interrogare
Japanese: �� (��, kiku) / ��� (����, tazuneru), 頼� (���, tanomu)
Kannada: ��ಳ� (k�ḷu)
Khmer: KMchar|��� (suer), KMchar|��� (som)
trans-mid
Klingon: tlhob
Korean: 묻� (mutda), �문�� (jilmunhada)
Kurdish: KUchar|پرس��
Latin: quaerere
Luxembourgish: froen
Middle High German: vrâgen
Northern Sami: jearrat
Norwegian: spørre
Old English: frignan|friġnan, ascian|�scian
Old High German: frâhên
Old Norse: fregna
Persian: FAchar|پرس�د� (porsidan)
Portuguese: perguntar
Romanian: întreba
Russian: �п�а�ива�� (sprášivat�) impf, �п�о�и�� (sprosít�) pf
Sanskrit: प����� (p�icch)
Serbian:

Slovak: pýtať sa
Slovenian: vprašati
Spanish: preguntar
Swahili: kuuliza
Swedish: fråga
Thai: THchar|�าม (th�m), THchar|�ามหา (th�mh�)
Turkish: sormak
Vietnamese: h�i, chất vấn
Welsh: gofyn, holi, ceisio
Xhosa: ukubuza
Yiddish: פֿרע�� (fregn)
Zulu: buza, nxusa, ncenga, cela
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trans-top|make a request
Albanian: lut
Arabic: ARchar|رجا (raj�)
Binisayâ: pagpakiana, pagusisa, panginsayod
Bosnian: pitati#Bosnian|pitati
Bulgarian: мол� (molya)
Burmese: ������ (metah)
Catalan: demanar
Chinese: � (wèn), 询� (xúnwèn)
Croatian: moliti
Czech: žádat
Danish: bede
Esperanto: peti
Estonian: paluma
Finnish: pyytää
French: demander
German: bitten
Greek: �α�ακαλ� (parakaló), ζη�� (zitó)
Hawaiian: nīnau, ui, noi
Hebrew: ��קש (le'vaqesh)
Hindi: प��ना (pū�an�), मा��ना (m�.ngan�)
Hungarian: kér
Icelandic: spyrja
Ido: demandar
Indonesian: minta
Irish: iarr, pléigh
Italian: chiedere, domandare
Japanese: �� (��, kiku) / ��� (����, tazuneru), 頼� (���, tanomu)
Kannada: ��ಳ� (k�ḷu)
trans-mid
Khmer: KMchar|��� (suer), KMchar|��� (som)
Klingon: tlhob
Korean: 청�� (cheonghada), ���� (butakhada)
Kurdish: KUchar|پرس��, KUchar|دا�اکرد�
Latin: rogare, precari
Luxembourgish: bieden
Norwegian: be om
Old English: ascian|�scian
Old High German: bitten
Persian: FAchar|پرس�د� (porsidan)
Portuguese: pedir
Romanian: cere, invita, ruga
Russian: п�о�и�� (prosít�) impf, поп�о�и�� (poprosít�) pf
Sanskrit: प����� (p�icch)
Serbian:

Slovak: žiadať, prosiť
Slovenian: prositi
Spanish: pedir
Swahili: kuomba
Swedish: be om
Thai: THchar|�าม (th�m), THchar|�ามหา (th�mh�)
Turkish: dilemek
Vietnamese: cầu xin
Welsh: gofyn, holi, ceisio
Xhosa: ukucela
Yiddish: �ע�� (betn)
Zulu: buza, nxusa, ncenga, cela
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Category:Communication
Category:English control verbs

Danish

Etymology
Old Norse askr

Noun
ask

  1. The European ash (tree, binomial name: Fraxinus excelsior)

Category:Danish nouns

Norwegian

Etymology
Old Norse askr
sv-noun|gender=Common|ask|asken|asker|askene|askens|askens|askers|askenes

Noun
ask

  1. The European ash (tree, binomial name: Fraxinus excelsior)

Category:Norwegian nouns

Swedish
sv-noun|gender=Common|ask|asken|askar|askarna|asks|askens|askars|askarnas

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-ask.ogg|audio

Noun
ask

  1. the European ash (tree, binomial name: Fraxinus excelsior)
  2. a small box

Category:sv:Trees

zh-min-nan:ask
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el:ask
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fa:ask
fr:ask
gl:ask
hy:ask
io:ask
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kk:ask
ku:ask
hu:ask
ja:ask
pl:ask
ro:ask
ru:ask
simple:ask
fi:ask
sv:ask
ta:ask
te:ask
vi:ask
tr:ask

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