wh-question
wh-question · wh-questions
специальный вопрос
W-Frage
A question that is introduced by a wh-word and cannot be answered by yes or noA question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no.
UK/ˈdʌbl̩juː eɪtʃ ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/US/dʌbl̩juː ˈeɪtʃ ˌkwɛst͡ʃən/
Meaning
1 sensesA question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no.
W-Frage
специа́льный вопро́сspeciálʹnyj voprós
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
question introduced by a wh-word:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
question introduced by a wh-word:
Origin
From the fact that many of the adverbs and pronouns that are used at the beginning of suchFrom the fact that many of the adverbs and pronouns that are used at the beginning of such sentences, such as what, when, which, who, and why, begin with wh.
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