C1verb · transitive · rare

query

query · queries · queried · querying

запитати, запитувати, поставити

спрашивать, подвергать сомнению, справляться, писать запрос

in Frage stellen, abfragen

To ask a questionTo ask a question.

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UK/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/US/ˈkwɪɹ.i/

» I didn't receive a reply to my query.

Ich habe auf meine Anfrage keine Antwort erhalten.

Я не получил ответа на свой запрос.

Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive)To ask a question.
in Frage stellen
спра́шиватьsprášivatʹ, подверга́ть сомне́ниюpodvergátʹ somnéniju
запи́туватиzapýtuvaty, запита́тиzapytáty, поста́витиpostávyty
pose a question
(transitive)To ask, inquire.
спра́шиватьsprášivatʹ, справля́тьсяspravljátʹsja, осведомля́тьсяosvedomljátʹsja
запи́туватиzapýtuvaty, запита́тиzapytáty
(transitive)To question or call into doubt.
To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
abfragen
запрашиватьzaprašivatʹ, писать запросpisatʹ zapros
(Internet, transitive)To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
(intransitive)To send out a query letter.

Examples

12 sentences

I didn't receive a reply to my query.
ruЯ не получил ответа на свой запрос.
deIch habe auf meine Anfrage keine Antwort erhalten.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I do have a parting query.
CC BY · Tatoeba · essentialincognito · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That query does not find any results.
CC BY · Tatoeba · AlanF_US · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The saleswoman queried as she wrapped the gloves.
CC BY · Tatoeba · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
You've never ever queried the so called truth?
CC BY · Tatoeba · maaster · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

ask a question:

Русский

By meaning 4

ask a question:

question:

inquire:

computing: search database:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

question:

computing: search database:

Origin

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singula

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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