Question

//ˈkwɛʃ.tən//

Synonyms for "question" (341 found)

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473 translations across 178 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • азҵаара noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • упчӏэ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vraag noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Albanian

1 entries
  • pyetje noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጥያቄ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐρώτημα noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سؤال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • سؤال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • سُؤَال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • مَسْأَلَة noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Armenian

4 entries
  • հարց noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • հարց noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • հարց noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • հարցաքննել verb (ask questions of)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • ãntribari noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Assamese

1 entries
  • প্ৰশ্ন noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Asturian

2 entries
  • entruga noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pregunta noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Avar

1 entries
  • суал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • mövzu noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • məqam noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • məsələ noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • mətləb noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Baluchi

2 entries
  • جست noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • سوال noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һорау noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Basque

2 entries
  • galdera noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • itaun noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • пыта́нне noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • пыта́нне noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • пыта́ньне noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Bengali

4 entries
  • প্রশ্ন noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • প্রসঙ্গ noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • বিষয় noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • সওয়াল noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • hapot noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Breton

2 entries
  • goulenn noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • goulenn verb (ask questions of)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • въпро́с noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • въпро́с noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • запи́тване noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • пи́тане noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ပုစ္ဆာ noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • မေးခွန်း noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • အမေး noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Buryat

1 entries
  • асуудал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Catalan

4 entries
  • assumpte noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • assumpte noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • demanda noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • dubte noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پرسیار noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • inajpeki noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chechen

1 entries
  • хаттар noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏛᏛᎲᏍᎩ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • funso noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chinese

2 entries
  • вынти noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • 审讯 noun (interrogation by torture)
  • 审问 noun (interrogation by torture)
  • 拷问 noun (interrogation by torture)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • пынԓён noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • въпросъ noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • пытаниѥ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ыйту noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Cornish

2 entries
  • govyn noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • kwestyon noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • sual noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Czech

4 entries
  • otázka noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • otázka noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • téma noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • zpochybnit verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Danish

4 entries
  • spørgsmål noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • spørgsmål noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • spørgsmål noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • spørgsmål noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)

Dari

2 entries
  • سُؤَال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • پُرْسِش noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kwestie noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • motie noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • thema noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • twijfel noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • fråga noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • demando noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • dubo noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • propono noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • temo noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Estonian

1 entries
  • küsimus noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Faroese

1 entries
  • spurningur noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asia noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • epäilys noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • kidutus noun (interrogation by torture)
  • kyse noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

French

4 entries
  • doute noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • motion noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • question noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • question noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Friulian

1 entries
  • domande noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Galician

3 entries
  • cuestión noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pregunta noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • preguntar verb (ask questions of)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ეჭვი noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • კითხვა noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • საკითხი noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • საკითხი noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

German

4 entries
  • Anfrage noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • Anfrage noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • Frage noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • Frage noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανάκριση noun (interrogation by torture)
  • απορία noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • ερώτημα noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • ερώτημα noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • apeqqut noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પ્રશ્ન noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hanunoo

1 entries
  • adliw noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hausa

1 entries
  • tambaya noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • nīnau noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • ui noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • nīnau verb (ask questions of)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • שְׁאֵלָה noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • שְׁאֵלָה noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रश्न noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • सवाल noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • indítvány noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • javaslat noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • kihallgatás noun (interrogation by torture)
  • kérdés noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Froh noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • spurning noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • spursmál noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • draga í efa verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)
  • efa verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Ido

1 entries
  • questiono noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pertanyaan noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • soal noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kuulussella verb (ask questions of)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • question noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • سُؤال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • پُرْسِش noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Irish

3 entries
  • ceist noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • ceist noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • ceistigh verb (ask questions of)

Italian

4 entries
  • domanda noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • questione noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • chiedere verb (ask questions of)
  • interrogarsi verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 質問 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 질문 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • сурвр noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • kutang noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • соруу noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Karakalpak

2 entries
  • sawal noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • soraw noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • сауал noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • сұрау noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • сұрақ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Khakas

2 entries
  • сурағ noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • сурығ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សំនួរ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Khotanese

1 entries
  • brāska noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Korean

1 entries
  • 질문 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Koryak

1 entries
  • пыӈлон noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kumyk

2 entries
  • сорав noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • суал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • суроо noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ladino

1 entries
  • פריגונטה noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຳຖາມ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Latin

4 entries
  • rogātiō noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • percontor verb (ask questions of)
  • quaero verb (ask questions of)
  • sciscitor verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Latvian

1 entries
  • jautājums noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Lezgi

2 entries
  • жузна noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • суал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • klausimas noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Livonian

1 entries
  • kizzimi noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Lombard

1 entries
  • questión noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Fro noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • прашање noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • прашање noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • прашање noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • сомневање noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fanontaniana noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Malay

4 entries
  • persoalan noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • pertanyaan noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pertanyaan noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • soalan noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചോദ്യം noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Maltese

2 entries
  • kwistjoni noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • mistoqsija noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Marathi

1 entries
  • प्रश्न noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Middle English

4 entries
  • fraign noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • frain noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • questioun noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • questioun noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Middle Persian

1 entries
  • tr-pursišn noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • асуудал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Māori

4 entries
  • marau noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • pātai noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • ui noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • urupounamu noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naʼídíkid noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • addimannà verb (ask questions of)

Nepali

1 entries
  • प्रश्न noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • suäla noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Norman

2 entries
  • tchestchion noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • tchestchion noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Northern Altai

2 entries
  • сураг noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • сурак noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • babet noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • mijar noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • pirs noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pirs noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • gažaldat noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • jearaldat noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • spørsmål noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • sette spørsmålstegn ved verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)
  • stille spørsmål ved verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • spørsmål noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • setje spørsmålsteikn ved verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)
  • stille spørsmål ved verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Occitan

1 entries
  • question noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • пытаниѥ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Old English

1 entries
  • āscung noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gaaffii noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • фарст noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • фарста noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شبههلنمك verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)
  • صورمق verb (ask questions of)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • питанє noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Pashto

3 entries
  • سوال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • مسأله noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • پوښتنه noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Persian

2 entries
  • مَسْئَلِه noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • سؤال کردن verb (ask questions of)

Polish

4 entries
  • kwestia noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • przesłuchanie noun (interrogation by torture)
  • pytanie noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • kwestionować verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • pergunta noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • questão noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • questão noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • questão noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)

Punjabi

3 entries
  • ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • ਸਵਾਲ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Romanian

2 entries
  • întrebare noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • întreba verb (ask questions of)

Romansch

1 entries
  • dumonda noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Russian

4 entries
  • вопро́с noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • вопро́с noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • допро́с noun (interrogation by torture)
  • предме́т noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • पृच्छा noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • प्रश्न noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • पृच्छति verb (ask questions of)

Scots

1 entries
  • quaisten noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ceist noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pítānje noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • пи́та̄ње noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Shor

1 entries
  • сурағ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • dimanna noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • dimanna noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • dumanna noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • dumanna noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ප්රශ්නය noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • kõõččmoš noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Slovak

1 entries
  • otázka noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Slovene

4 entries
  • vprašanje noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • vprašanje noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • vprašanje noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • vprašanje noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • сурак noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Southern Sami

1 entries
  • gyhtjelasse noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asunto noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • asunto noun (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote — see also motion)
  • cuestión noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • cuestión noun (subject or topic — see also topic)

Swahili

4 entries
  • swali noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • swali noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • swali noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • kuuliza verb (ask questions of)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fråga noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • fråga noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • spörjning noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • spörsmål noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • суал noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tanong noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tajik

3 entries
  • масъала noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • пурсиш noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • савол noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tamil

4 entries
  • ஐயம் noun (doubt or challenge — see also doubt)
  • கேள்வி noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • வினா noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • எழுப்பு verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Taos

1 entries
  • cìakǫʼóna noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сорау noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ప్రశ్న noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • ప్రశ్నించు verb (ask questions of)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำถาม noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དོགས་གནད noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ሕቶ noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • prāśśäṃ noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pärk verb (ask questions of)

Turkish

4 entries
  • sival noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • soru noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • sorgulamak verb (ask questions of)
  • sorgulamak verb (raise doubts about — see also doubt)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • sorag noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • sowal noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • айтырыг noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • юан noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пита́ння noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • пита́ння noun (subject or topic — see also topic)
  • допи́тувати verb (ask questions of)
  • допита́ти verb (ask questions of)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سَوال noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • سوئال noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • سوراق noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • savol noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • soʻroq noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Venetan

1 entries
  • dimanda noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • câu hỏi noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Volapük

1 entries
  • säk noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Walloon

1 entries
  • kession noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Waray-Waray

2 entries
  • paki-ana noun (sentence, phrase or word)
  • pangutana noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cwestiwn noun (sentence, phrase or word)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • lo lus noog noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 問題 /问题 noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Yakut

1 entries
  • ыйытыы noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿראַגע noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìbéèrè noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • apyun noun (sentence, phrase or word)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I need to ask you a silly question.

Source: tatoeba (1417)

Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

Source: tatoeba (1489)

May I ask a question?

Source: tatoeba (1594)

The key question is not what can I gain but what do I have to lose.

Source: tatoeba (1745)

Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.