wh-word

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wh-word

/ˈdʌbəljuː ˈeɪt͡ʃ ˌwɜː(ɹ)d/

noun wh-words

Any English word that is interrogative, typically beginning with the letters wh; a question word.
broadly Any interrogative word from any language.

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noun interrogative word

Français	mot interrogatif, mot qu-
Deutsch	W-Wort
Русский	вопроси́тельное сло́во voprosítelʹnoje slóvo, К-сло́во K-slóvo

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@misc{wh_word_2026,
  title = {wh-word},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wh-word},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}