query
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
query¹
- /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈkwɪː.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈkwɪːɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈkwɪɹ.i/ US
- /ˈkwɛɹ.i/ US
- /ˈkwɪɹ.i/ Canada
- /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ Australia
- /ˈkwiə.ɹi/ New Zealand
- /ˈkwi.ɹɪ/ Scotland
- /ˈkwi.ɹe/ Scotland
- /ˈkwɛː.ɹi/
- /ˈkʋɛ.ri/ South Asia
Sounds like quaere (some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ɪəɹi, -ɛɹi
Where it comes from
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.
noun queries · quæry
- A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK). The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
- A question mark. His Glossary has ‘bouchen, to stop people's mouths,’; but this is followed by a query, to show that it was but a guess. I have shown, from the MSS. and other sources, that it should be bonched, i.e. bunched, bumped, knocked, smote.
- A set of instructions passed to a database. The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
- Ellipsis of query letter Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters.
verb queries · querying · queried · quæry
- To ask a question.
- To ask, inquire. It’s queried whether there be any Science in the ſenſe of the Dogmatiſts: […]
- To question or call into doubt. The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
- To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it. Linked tables can be accessed, queried, combined and reorganised much more flexibly and in a number of ways that may not be immediately predictable when the database is under construction.
- To send a private message to (a user on IRC). if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.
- To send out a query letter.
Query²
proper noun Querys
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: enquiry, inquiry, question, inquire, enquire, ask, interrogate, interrogation, questioning, request, research, interview, lookup, advice, see, advisory
Translations
Every language
noun question or inquiry
| Español | consulta, pregunta, interrogante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 질문 jilmun |
| 日本語 | 質問 shitsumon |
| 中文 | 問題 /问题 wèntí, 質問 /质问 zhìwèn |
| Português | pergunta |
| Français | question |
| Deutsch | Frage |
| Italiano | interrogativo, domanda, quesito, richiesta |
| Русский | запро́с zaprós, вопро́с voprós |
noun computing: set of instructions passed to a database
| Español | consulta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쿼리 kwori |
| 日本語 | クエリ kueri, 問い合わせ toiawase |
| 中文 | 查詢 /查询 cháxún |
| Português | consulta, query |
| Français | requête |
| Deutsch | Abfrage |
| Italiano | query |
| Русский | запро́с zaprós |
| العربية | اِسْتِعْلام istiʕlām |
verb ask a question
| Español | preguntar |
|---|---|
| Português | perguntar |
| Italiano | domandare |
| Русский | спра́шивать sprášivatʹ |
verb question
| Português | questionar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | in Frage stellen |
| Italiano | interrogarsi |
| Русский | подверга́ть сомне́нию podvergátʹ somnéniju |
verb inquire
| 中文 | 詢問 /询问 xúnwèn |
|---|---|
| Português | perguntar |
| Italiano | chiedere |
| Русский | спра́шивать sprášivatʹ, справля́ться spravljátʹsja, осведомля́ться osvedomljátʹsja |
verb computing: search database
| 中文 | 查詢 /查询 cháxún |
|---|---|
| Português | consultar |
| Deutsch | abfragen |
| Italiano | ricercare |
| Русский | запрашивать zaprašivatʹ, писать запрос pisatʹ zapros |
Talk about this word "query." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/query. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. query. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/query "query." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/query.Cite this
@misc{query_2026,
title = {query},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/query},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
