Complete Definition of "interrogative pronoun"

English
Noun
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en-noun|sg=interrogative pronoun

#grammar 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?
#:To whom was that said?
#:Which student said that?
#:Whose question was that?

Translations

Dutch: vragend voornaamwoord n
Icelandic: spurnarfornafn n
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Japanese: ��� (����, gimonshi)
Novial: interogativ pronomine

Related terms
pronoun
relative pronoun
indefinite pronoun

Category:Parts of speech

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